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Re: [PATCH] Documentation/gitignore.txt: Fix the seriously misleading priority explanation

From
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date
Jul 22, 2007, 09:12 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Your rewrite makes "patterns found in deeper file overrides the
> ones in shallower ones" rule much much easier to read.  Thanks.

Well, it is nice for a change to be able to explain something in a way that people understand.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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  1. Documentation/gitignore.txt: Fix the seriously misleading priority explanationDavid Kastrup, Jul 21, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2007
  3. David KastrupJul 22, 2007

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