Don't use project gitignore to track editor files

mlenzen · Jan 28, 2019 · 01be8e3 · 01be8e3
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -34,21 +34,6 @@ nosetests.xml
 # Translations
 *.mo
 
-# Mr Developer
-.mr.developer.cfg
-.project
-.pydevproject
-
-# Vim
-*.swp
-
-# Sublime Text
-*.sublime-project
-*.sublime-workspace
-
-# PyCharm
-.idea
-
 # Sphinx docs
 docs/_build
 
@@ -62,3 +47,4 @@ dev-env
 
 .cache
 .hypothesis
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ Ready to contribute? Here's how to set up `collections-extended` for local devel
 
 	$ git clone git@github.com:your_name_here/collections-extended.git
 
+#. Make sure you are excluding your editor's files from the repo
+
+	We don't want to use the project's gitignore to exclude every
+	editor's files, so set up your global gitignore.
+	See: https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/
+
 #. Install your local copy into a virtualenv::
 
 	$ cd collections-extended