[Feature Request - Profile Manager]: manipulate .gitignore helping to filter out useless files

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Context

During Autumn 2024, we made a huge contribution to the Profile Manager project to make it more robust and integrate it with QDT to make it a kind of graphical editor for QDT profiles. See: WhereGroup/profile_manager#10.

Concretely, it's now possible to import/edit a QGIS profile and export it in a QDT compatible way:

Now, we're looking forward to continue the good work and improve the QDT integration within the plugin.

Description

QDT's profile tracking and recovery capabilities are based on Git, a powerful but complex tool often intimidating for non-technical users.

One key feature is the ability to filter tracked files and exclude them from version history using a .gitignore file. This is particularly useful for ignoring files generated by QGIS within a profile that should not be "pushed" to the QDT project.
The current documentation explains this mechanism, but adding support to the plugin’s graphical interface would greatly enhance usability.

This could include:

• When importing a QDT profile from an existing folder:

  • Read the .gitignore file and apply it when copying the profile.
  • Offer the option to edit it.

• Option to generate a .gitignore file:

  • Level 1: Generate one based on the documentation template.
  • Level 2: Provide a small widget to select files and folders to ignore.

Related links

• https://qgis-deployment.github.io/qgis-deployment-toolbelt-cli/usage/profile.html#use-a-gitignore-file-to-exclude-folders-and-files-with-patterns
• https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/saving-changes/gitignore

Use Cases

Exporting the current QGIS profile with the Profile Manager plugin for QDT.

Visuals

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