removing file that should not be in repository

[JessicaMeixner-NOAA]

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[mickaelaccensi]

we should even add a rule in gitconfig to not take into account .swp files

[JessicaMeixner-NOAA]

@mickaelaccensi we have in .gitignore:

*.swp
*/*.swp
*/*/*.swp
*/*/*/*.swp

already. I would have thought that would have prevented this, but apparently not?

[mickaelaccensi]

it's because it's a hidden file. So we need to add :

.*.swp
*/.*.swp
*/*/.*.swp
*/*/*/.*.swp

[JessicaMeixner-NOAA]

@mickaelaccensi added!

[ukmo-ccbunney]

Do we need all the directory permutations?
I think that the rule *.swp should match any file in the repo, even if it is in a directory.

On my system *.swp ignores all .swp files, regardless of directory depth or if the filename is hidden (starts with a dot).

[JessicaMeixner-NOAA]

I didn't think you had to have the directory permutations but I'm not sure? Maybe we just already had that file in the repo before the *.swp was added?

[mickaelaccensi]

it's not the case on my system. The dot must be added to filter hidden files.

[ukmo-ccbunney]

it's not the case on my system. The dot must be added to filter hidden files.

Interesting that it is different on your system - maybe a different version of Git (I'm on 2.24.3).
So, perhaps we just need:

*.swp
.*.swp

??

[JessicaMeixner-NOAA]

Combined into PR #284

[aliabdolali]

@JessicaMeixner-NOAA It is merged with #284, can we delete it?