From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:58:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [ENHANCEMENT] Allow '**' pattern in .gitignore
Message-ID: <506A9EA6.9010303@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0nXfeAnFfdFtdDNdEwtk0mMPtpYbg8sPzfrEXUpXsGQOA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/02/2012 09:21 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've often found the '**' (extended) shell glob useful for matching
> any string crossing directory boundaries: it's especially useful if
> you only have a toplevel .gitignore, as opposed to a per-directory
> .gitignore.  Unfortunately, .gitignore currently uses fnmatch(3), and
> doesn't recognize '**'.  Would extending the .gitignore format to
> accept this be a useful feature?  Would it involve re-implementing and
> extending fnmatch, or is there some other way?
>
I think there is a topic in flight about this:

    <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/206406>

HTH,
  Stefano