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Re: [PATCH 1/3] t3700: note a .gitignore matching fault

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
May 4, 2011, 00:41 UTC
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Yes. But git still silently ignores some rules in the .gitignore.
>
> Do you want git to report each and every entry in .gitignore saying "this
> rule does not apply"?  That sounds like madness to me.

This rule should apply, but not because of "efficiency reasons". Not just about any rule.

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Duy
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Message 14 of 18 in “t3700: note a .gitignore matching fault”
  1. 1/3 t3700: note a .gitignore matching faultNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 2, 2011
  2. 2/3 t1011: fix sparse-checkout initialization and add new fileNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 2, 2011
  3. 3/3 sparse checkout: do not eagerly decide the fate for whole directoryNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 2, 2011
  4. Thiago FarinaMay 3, 2011
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 3, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2011
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 11, 2011
  8. 1/3 t3700: note a .gitignore matching faultNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, May 2, 2011
  9. Johannes SixtMay 2, 2011
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 2, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2011
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 3, 2011
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2011
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 4, 2011
  15. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 4, 2011
  16. Johannes SixtMay 4, 2011
  17. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyMay 4, 2011
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2011

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