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Re: Gitignore documentation

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 14, 2019, 21:38 UTC
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<20190114213852.GD162110@google.com>
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Hi,
Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>                                  Patterns with slash is anchored at
> one directory, and that directory is the one that has per-directory
> .gitignore file.  Patterns without slash (including a pattern that
> ends with but otherwise has no other slash) are supposed to match at
> every level below the directory that the pattern is defined in.

I had a sense of deja vu, and found https://public-inbox.org/git/20111107080926.GC30486@elie.hsd1.il.comcast.net/

Any idea what happened there? Would it be useful for me to rebase and revive that series?

Thanks, Jonathan

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