Where does git store changes in Rails?

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Reading answers to this question, we learn that changes in git are stored in .git that resides in the project's root directory. But in a normal Rails app I cannot see .git anywhere.

Did you create git repository in this project's main directory? — Marek Lipka, Oct 23 '13 at 10:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 10:09

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.git directory is created by git, not rails.

If you don't use git to manage your rails project, there will no .git of course.

answered Oct 23 '13 at 10:09

xdazz

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '13 at 10:09

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On Windows, we have a folder called /.git -> this is built when we use the git add . & git commit commands. Here's a picture of it for you:

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Thanks to you and to this http://superuser.com/a/430265 I realized it was my editor that choose to not show it. (Mac doesn't natively show hidden files.) – Fellow Stranger Oct 23 '13 at 10:27

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 23 '13 at 10:32

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If you use rails new app --git rails will not create a .git directory.

Usually the .git directory is a hidden folder. Under linux and mac you can show all folders and files with the ls -la command.

answered Oct 23 '13 at 10:32

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Where does git store changes in Rails?

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