Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2013, #06; Mon, 14)

> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:23 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> * as/check-ignore (2013-01-10) 12 commits
>>   (merged to 'next' on 2013-01-14 at 9df2afc)
>>  + t0008: avoid brace expansion
>>  + add git-check-ignore sub-command
>>  + setup.c: document get_pathspec()
>>  + add.c: extract new die_if_path_beyond_symlink() for reuse
>>  + add.c: extract check_path_for_gitlink() from treat_gitlinks() for reuse
>>  + pathspec.c: rename newly public functions for clarity
>>  + add.c: move pathspec matchers into new pathspec.c for reuse
>>  + add.c: remove unused argument from validate_pathspec()
>>  + dir.c: improve docs for match_pathspec() and match_pathspec_depth()
>>  + dir.c: provide clear_directory() for reclaiming dir_struct memory
>>  + dir.c: keep track of where patterns came from
>>  + dir.c: use a single struct exclude_list per source of excludes
>>
>>  Add a new command "git check-ignore" for debugging .gitignore
>>  files.
>
> The above is v4 plus the "t0008: avoid brace expansion" fix.  v4 is
> slightly outdated and not quite the right version to merge to 'next'.