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Re: gitignore design

From
Ferry Huberts <mailings@hupie.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2011, 11:51 UTC
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On 07/29/2011 12:20 PM, llucianf wrote:
> why gitignore doesnt simply work like in cvs where if you put something in
> the ignore file, those stuff are simply ignored from that point without
> having to remove them from repo?
>

because when it's in the repo you obviously want to track it... tracking trumps ignoring

if you now suddenly do not want to track it anymore you have to remove it and ignore it.

-- 
Ferry Huberts
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