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

From: Ferry Huberts (Pelagic) <ferry.huberts@pelagic.nl>
Date: Apr 23, 2009, 20:17 UTC
Message-ID: <49F0CCF4.20808@pelagic.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200904232119.36707.robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg wrote:

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> torsdag 23 april 2009 14:32:46 skrev Alex Blewitt <alex@bandlem.com>:
>> Actually, that's pretty much exactly the format that Eclipse users  
>> will be expecting.
>>
>> CVS: Add to .cvsignore
>> SVN: Add to svn:ignore
>>
>> I suggest that we go with that style of format for the menu items, in  
>> order to achieve consistency with the way that the other team  
>> providers work.
> 
> Ouch, top posting....
> 
> Anyway, I agree  with Alex. My motivation is that there are more
> than one way to specify ignore. There's .gitignore, .git/info/excludedes
> and the Team ignore settings themselves. This option specifically
> messes with .gitignore. 
>

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)