Re: .gitignore, .gitattributes, .gitmodules, .gitprecious?, .gitacls? etc.

From: martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
Date: Aug 27, 2007, 11:35 UTC
Message-ID: <20070827113548.GA21977@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
In-Reply-To: <7v1wdqud0z.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

also sprach Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> [2007.08.26.0637 +0200]:

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> > 1. It may be better to combine all these files into one
> > (.gitmeta) with different sections
> 
> Merging what has traditionally been known as .gitignore's
> capability to attributes has been discussed, and I think it would
> make sense in longer term, as 'this path pattern is to be ignored'
> is just a special case of a more general attribute.

I tried to find related threads in the archives but failed. If someone has a pointer handy, I'd appreciate it. Alternatively, please feel free to just bounce related messages from your own archives to me.

I am interested in this mainly because of a somewhat related idea of honouring .gitignore/* in case it's a directory [0].

0. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=118725982332041&w=2

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