From 29861c483b15b9e78ad6eec6846e5d41cd7117b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Klaas Schoute <klaas_schoute@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 22:13:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Changed gitignore list (#7076)

* WIP: Changed gitignore file (again)

* :pencil2: Deleted my text, it makes no sense

* :pencil2: Adding storage and cloud folder

* :pencil2: Changed the gitignore list

* :pencil2: Improved after input from others
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 .../_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown   | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown b/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
index 82114cae475..eac5f50c09b 100644
--- a/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
+++ b/source/_docs/ecosystem/backup/backup_github.markdown
@@ -57,16 +57,21 @@ Creating a `.gitignore` file in your repository will tell Git which files NOT to
 Here is an example that will ignore everything but your YAML configuration.
 
 ```bash
-# Example .gitignore file for your config dir. Lines with ! will not be ignored.
+# Example .gitignore file for your config dir.
+# A * ensures that everything will be ignored.
 *
+
+# You can whitelist files/folders with !, these will not be ignored.
 !*.yaml
 !.gitignore
-*.conf
-*.txt
-*.log
+!*.md
+
+# Ignore folders.
 .storage
 .cloud
 .google.token
+
+# Ensure these YAML files are ignored, otherwise your secret data/credentials will leak.
 ip_bans.yaml
 secrets.yaml
 known_devices.yaml