From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:24:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [ENHANCEMENT] Allow '**' pattern in .gitignore
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In-Reply-To: <506A9EA6.9010303@gmail.com>

Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> On 10/02/2012 09:21 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've often found the '**' (extended) shell glob useful for matching
>> any string crossing directory boundaries: it's especially useful if
>> you only have a toplevel .gitignore, as opposed to a per-directory
>> .gitignore.  Unfortunately, .gitignore currently uses fnmatch(3), and
>> doesn't recognize '**'.  Would extending the .gitignore format to
>> accept this be a useful feature?  Would it involve re-implementing and
>> extending fnmatch, or is there some other way?
>>
> I think there is a topic in flight about this:
>
>     <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/206406>

Ah, yes.  Thanks.

Ram