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Re: [EGit PATCH] IgnoreAction to add to .gitignore files

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ABAlex Blewitt <alex@bandlem.com>
Date
Apr 23, 2009, 20:36 UTC
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On 23 Apr 2009, at 21:26, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> torsdag 23 april 2009 22:17:56 skrev "Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)" <ferry.huberts@pelagic.nl 
> >:
>> while we're on the subject...
>> how about also adding the reverse: when a file is ignored then add  
>> it to
>> the .gitignore file for 'un-ignoring' (the '!' pattern)
>
> I'm not convinced each and everything should have a menu entry.  
> Advanced
> use of .gitignore should have a .gitignore editor. When we have that  
> the
> option could perhaps launch the editor automatically if it  
> recognized no-trivial ignore rules. For trivial cases it would just  
> append to the file.

I don't know of any other SCM that allows you to un-ignore files in the way that Git does; my guess is that most people wouldn't miss it if it weren't there. A .gitignore customised editor is probably overkill too - after all, you can just open it up in a text editor and make changes yourself. I've amended a few .cvsignore files in my time manually, but I wouldn't want to overcomplicate the menu for that.

Alex
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Message 7 of 11 in “IgnoreAction to add to .gitignore files”
  1. IgnoreAction to add to .gitignore filesAlex Blewitt, Apr 23, 2009
  2. Francis GaliegueApr 23, 2009
  3. Alex BlewittApr 23, 2009
  4. Robin RosenbergApr 23, 2009
  5. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Apr 23, 2009
  6. Robin RosenbergApr 23, 2009
  7. Alex BlewittApr 23, 2009
  8. Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)Apr 23, 2009
  9. Robin RosenbergApr 23, 2009
  10. Alex BlewittApr 23, 2009
  11. Robin RosenbergApr 23, 2009

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