When working with files, some applications create temporary files. These temporary files are required by such applications. For example; LibreOffice creates files whose names look like this: “.~lock…” Such files are silently deleted after the application does its work.
Such files can sometimes interfere with the way our coordination server does its work. You may see some unnecessary files getting registered as being engaged by the user. Luckily, there is a way out!
.gitignore
The way out is to create a .gitignore file in the main root folder of the repository. We have included a defaultGitIgnore.txt file which is silently used by Git Winch whenever you clone a repository: It gets silently copied after a successful cloning to the repository folder root.
If you want you can edit that file as per your requirements. This file is originally used by Git to ignore such unnecessary files. And Git Winch also uses the same .gitignore file to ensure that the coordination server works smoothly.