From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:09:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] extending git-ls-files --exclude.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0507251306420.6074@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vk6jelkty.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> I personally do not have preference either way, but am slightly
> biased towards the "cumulative" behaviour the patch attempts to
> implement, which was what Pasky said he wanted to have.

I think that makes sense.

Imagine, for example, that you have separate subdirectory structures for 
Documentation and for source - maybe you'd put the "*.o" rule in the 
source directory, and a "*.1" rule in the Docs subdirectory.

			Linus