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gitignore - how to ignore only in current directory

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Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk>
Date
May 23, 2010, 20:28 UTC
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I want to ignore a particular file name in a particular directory. However, the same filename may appear in subdirectories and in those cases I do *not* want it ignored. The documentation seems to imply that git will read up the directories looking for .gitignore files and will ignore files that I need included.

Have I misunderstood this and/or how can this be done. Any enlightenment appreciated!

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