Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] git-clean.txt: clarify ignore pattern files

From: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 7, 2019, 07:37 UTC
Message-ID: <CAN0heSrGT1SBt=w8j8G0nnWXDOrn+VYFuk2iPWH9uk22fqzFKw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqlg1rmati.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 at 07:57, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> writes:
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> > +     Use the exclude pattern in addition to those found in
> > +     `.gitignore` and similar files (see linkgit:gitignore[5]).

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> I do agree with the direction to abandon the attempt to be
> exhaustive, which has failed us and will fail.  I am not sure if
> ".gitignore and similar files" is a good phrasing, though.
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>     Don't use the standard ignored rules (see linkgit:gitignore[5]),
>     but use the ignore rules given with `-e` options from the
>     command line.
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> perhaps?  I dunno.

Yeah, I like "the standard ignore rules" more than my original suggestion. Hmm, I now see you wrote "the standard ignore/D/ rules" -- I believe that's a typo.

Martin