Kentico Gitignore

This gitignore file is designed to help you ignore/include all the right files in your Git repository for Kentico projects.

Important notes

1. Uses the default ignore from Visual Studio as the starting point.
2. Tested in Kentico 9 only.
3. Ignores the bin directory and includes the Lib directory.
   • You can restore the Kentico DLLs from the Lib directory after restoring a repository for the first time.
4. Ignores starter site files.

More information at http://devnet.kentico.com/articles/gitignore-for-kentico

Protecting sensitive settings

Even if your repository is only intended for private distribution you should avoid allowing sensitive and/or environment specific data such as connection string and hash string salts from being checked into your source control. rather than ignore the whole web.config file, we recommend adding file="AppSettings.config" and configSource="ConnectionStrings.config" to the app settings and connection strings elements in the web.config respectively. Next, move the sensitive data to those files. It is also recommended that you also add template versions of these files for reference. When pulling a fresh copy of the repository the developer should request a copy of any sensitive data from another developer or some other secured location. You can find an example of this practice in the Kentico MVC sample site on GitHub.