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Re: Files excluded but not ignored

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BABen Aveling <bena.001@optusnet.com.au>
Date
Feb 1, 2013, 23:54 UTC
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On 31/01/2013 3:17 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jason Wenger <jcwenger@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Trying to start up discussion of whether there would be merit to a "half-
>> ignored" state -- Files which are excluded from tracking, but which still
>> show in git status, and which are removed by git clean.
> I see no merit for "ignored and never to be tracked, but are still
> shown loudly in the untracked list" myself.  Use cases for "ignored
> and never to be tracked, but not expendable" class were mentioned
> often in the past, though.
A new state seems over the top.

Jason, would adding a parameter to "git status" telling it to ignore all .gitignores give you what you need?

Regards, Ben
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  1. Jason WengerJan 30, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2013
  3. Ben AvelingFeb 1, 2013

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