From: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:59:41 GMT
Subject: Re: Configurable .gitignore filename?
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On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Jari Pennanen <jari.pennanen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/3/4 Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>:
>> There is already core.excludesfile, which does not replace the usual
>> .gitignore but comes in addition. The common use is a user-wide ignore
>> file, not a per-directory one.
>
> I'm actually aware of that. Problem is the normal .gitignore files
> must *not* be used in the second GIT_DIR at all, in my case it's for
> syncing so I need to sync almost all files (including stuff inside
> .gitignore), though I'd still like to retain some ignore files for
> second GIT_DIR, e.g. like in rsync the .rsync-filter file.

How about .git/info/exclude in the 2nd GIT_DIR?  Would that help?
-- 
David