Why doesn't this repository have a .gitignore?

[luchiago]

When I did git clone and opened the project on my machine, I was searching for the .gitignore. Is there any reason why this project does not have a .gitignore file?

[luchiago]

If you guys need one, I can make a Pull Request.

[kmyk]

This project has no .gitignore because this project has no project-specific files which should be ignored. Also in generally, when a file is not so required, I want to remove it to keep the project simple and stupid.
If you want to ignore files specific to your environment (e.g. .DS_store, *~), you should use global gitignore. And personally I think we should use global gitignore even for files specific to languages (e.g. *.pyc, *.egg-info/).

ref: #217

[luchiago]

I understand. Thanks @kmyk