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Re: [PATCH] Add git format-patch produced patches to .gitignore

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
May 16, 2010, 07:52 UTC
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<20100516075244.GA9010@progeny.tock>
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Pavan Kumar Sunkara wrote:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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>> --- a/.gitignore
>> +++ b/.gitignore
>> @@ -203,3 +203,4 @@
>>  *.pdb
>>  /Debug/
>>  /Release/
>> +[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.patch
[...]
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> git format-patch -M origin/master -o outgoing/
> 
> So, my patches will be in subdirectory outgoing.
> But the regex rule in this patch won't be able to hide them.
> 
> What do u want to do in that case ?
Try it out.

In fact, I was worried that this patch would trigger a similar problem: maybe some test data directory contains format-patch output? In fact none do, so I like the patch.

Thanks, Jonathan

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Message 3 of 9 in “Add git format-patch produced patches to .gitignore”
  1. Add git format-patch produced patches to .gitignoreÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  2. Pavan Kumar SunkaraMay 16, 2010
  3. Jonathan NiederMay 16, 2010
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 16, 2010
  5. Michael J GruberMay 16, 2010
  6. Jonathan NiederMay 17, 2010
  7. Remove editor-specific droppings from .gitignoreÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 17, 2010
  8. Jonathan NiederMay 17, 2010
  9. Michael J GruberMay 17, 2010

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