The Exclude File

clone and sync keep sidecar directories out of the parent repo’s git status by adding them to .git/info/exclude (the local, uncommitted counterpart to .gitignore). Entries live in a managed block, and anything outside it is never touched:

# >>> git-sidecar (managed) >>>
/foobar/
/.vendor/dep2/
# <<< git-sidecar (managed) <<<

clone and sync only add entries; git sidecar remove deletes a sidecar’s entry. If you edit the config by hand instead, clean up the block yourself.