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Should Active Storage binary variant files get pushed to version control?

I've been playing around with my web app in development and uploading images to the app, and when I push to bitbucket it includes all of the (many) binary files in the storage folder. I haven't changed the default Active Storage configuration. Should this be happening?

Solution

  • No. The default .gitignore file for new Rails apps includes /storage/*:

    # Ignore uploaded files in development
/storage/*

    If you’re using Git, ensure your .gitignore file contains the above. Otherwise, configure your VCS to ignore /storage/*.