We used a slash as a prefix in some cases but not in other cases. Now
we're defining files and folders following the gitignore rules: files
starting with a slash are only ignored in the root folder, while files
not starting with it are ignored everywhere.
IMHO it makes sense to ignore all folders named `tmp`, `.bundle`, `log`,
`.DS_Store` or `.ruby-gemset` everywhere in the source code and not only
in the root folder.
We're also adding a trailing slash to all folders for consistency.
We can't cover the files for every editor out there, so we're removing
it in the name of neutrality. Developers using this editor to work with
CONSUL can add the `.idea` to their global gitignore configuration (on
GNU/Linux systems, for instance, the `~/.config/git/ignore` file).
We've seen a few CONSUL repositories where compiled assets have
accidentally been added to version control. It's pretty easy if you use
something like `git add .` before creating a commit and you've compiled
the assets locally.
Having these assets in version control doesn't help and in certain
environments it might even have side effects. For instance, we might try
updating the source code of a Sass file and might wonder why these
changes are ignored in some test or development environments.
Some developers use the Intellij IDE to program in Rails.
Adding the /.idea folder where project settings are stored, so that these files do not have to be skipped manually when sending a PR upstream.
