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Re: [PATCH Cogito] cg-init breaks if . contains sub-dir

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
May 10, 2005, 09:58 UTC
Message-ID
<20050510095825.GI11221@kiste.smurf.noris.de>
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<20050510094538.GE8176@lug-owl.de>
Hi,
Jan-Benedict Glaw:
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> > Please don't change that without talking to Linus.
> 
> I won't.  You haven't seen a patch from me "fixing" this, too.  *I*
> consider this as a defect, but that doesn't mean that I'll force others
> to take this view, too.  But maybe I'll talk Linus into this when he's
> back from his trip.

That would be a good idea; I do support dropping (or at least relaxing) that rule. For excluding unwanted files, I'd suggest using a .git/ignore file with nice shiny patterns (*.a *.o *.swp ...) inside -- git already supports that anyway.

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Message 16 of 22 in “cg-init breaks if . contains sub-dir”
  1. cg-init breaks if . contains sub-dirBrandon Philips, May 9, 2005
  2. Morten WelinderMay 10, 2005
  3. Matthias UrlichsMay 10, 2005
  4. Brian GerstMay 10, 2005
  5. Jan-Benedict GlawMay 10, 2005
  6. Jan-Benedict GlawMay 10, 2005
  7. Matthias UrlichsMay 10, 2005
  8. Martin WaitzMay 10, 2005
  9. Jan-Benedict GlawMay 10, 2005
  10. David GreavesMay 10, 2005
  11. David GreavesMay 10, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2005
  13. Jan-Benedict GlawMay 10, 2005
  14. Matthias UrlichsMay 10, 2005
  15. Jan-Benedict GlawMay 10, 2005
  16. Matthias UrlichsMay 10, 2005
  17. David MansfieldMay 10, 2005
  18. match pathnames in exclude handlingMatthias Urlichs, May 11, 2005
  19. H. Peter AnvinMay 11, 2005
  20. Matthias UrlichsMay 12, 2005
  21. H. Peter AnvinMay 10, 2005
  22. Petr BaudisMay 12, 2005

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