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Re: Temporary directories getting errantly added into trees

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Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
Nov 24, 2007, 00:07 UTC
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Karl Hasselström wrote:
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>> But I don't know about QGit, StGit, etc...
>>     
> I don't think StGit relies on the name of any file outside .git. (It
> does pollute the root of the worktree with some temp files of its own,
> though -- but not across invocations.)
>

Yes, I've had to add .tmp_msg* to my .git/info/exclude for those, too. Given nothing cares, perhaps put them under .git anyway?

Sam.
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  2. Eric WongNov 22, 2007
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  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
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  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2007
  8. Jeff KingNov 22, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2007
  10. Karl HasselströmNov 23, 2007
  11. Sam VilainNov 24, 2007
  12. Marco CostalbaNov 23, 2007

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