Re: [PATCH 1/3] t3700: note a .gitignore matching fault
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> ... The point is make it
>> configurable with sane default. It's up to users to decide how they
>> want to pay.
>
> Hmm, I am confused.
>
> Isn't that what we already have? If you want to pay, you just do not
> define a do-not-descend ignore entry at such a location so close to the
> root of the working tree.
Yes. But git still silently ignores some rules in the .gitignore.
There's another case when you rather update $GIT_DIR/info/exclude than
.gitignore in the tree (import tree for example). Same trap again.
--
Duy
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>