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Esther
Esther

Reputation: 325

What does " ~$ " prefixed in front of file mean?

Two weeks ago I had some Git merging issues due to what I think, rebasing to a old version. I didn't notice it at first, I noticed that my whole folder was screwed up to an outdated version.

After some struggle I managed to get back to the clean state I was before. However, today I noticed one folder had deleted files prefixed with "~$". I can't open them and I know they're outdated. I also see a file called: "~WRL0005.tmp" which I didn't have before.

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Does any one know what this means? And does this possibly mean that there's somehow still a danger to fall back to an old version of my repo?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4372

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1323613

You should:

For instance:

*.tmp

# Word temporary
~$*.doc*

# Word Auto Backup File
Backup of *.doc*

That way, you are sure no more of those files will be added by mistake to your repository.

Upvotes: 2

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