Re: [EGit PATCH] IgnoreAction to add to .gitignore files

From: Alex Blewitt <alex@bandlem.com>
Date: Apr 23, 2009, 21:12 UTC
Message-ID: <C4403889-A699-4138-9AD5-EE04915657B7@bandlem.com>
In-Reply-To: <200904232309.28680.robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

On 23 Apr 2009, at 22:09, Robin Rosenberg wrote:

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> torsdag 23 april 2009 22:36:49 skrev Alex Blewitt <alex@bandlem.com>:
>> I don't know of any other SCM that allows you to un-ignore files in
>> the way that Git does; my guess is that most people wouldn't miss it
>> if it weren't there. A .gitignore customised editor is probably
>> overkill too - after all, you can just open it up in a text editor  
>> and
>> make changes yourself. I've amended a few .cvsignore files in my time
>> manually, but I wouldn't want to overcomplicate the menu for that.
>
> Why do we want a plugin for git? We have the command line.

I mean, it's trivial to open up the .gitignore file in Eclipse as a text file. I was doing that to check the implementation worked whilst adding entries to the .gitignore.

I've seen all manner of bad UIs in applications created because the developer wanted 'total flexibility' and exposed everything via the UI. For something as simple as ignoring a file, which is already a pretty standardised operation across SCMs, I don't see any benefit in making it more complicated than it needs to be.

Alex