Re: [RFD] Ignore rules

From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date: May 16, 2005, 09:35 UTC
Message-ID: <pan.2005.05.16.09.35.22.73817@smurf.noris.de>
In-Reply-To: <2cfc4032050514181127c02e43@mail.gmail.com>

Hi, Jon Seymour wrote:

> a. pushing the ignore logic into the core git tools such as git-ls-files
> 
> b. including the current ignore .* rule as a default ignore rule that
> can be overridden by a .gitignore file

I'd say YES to both.

My preferred ignore file logic would be:

- stop at first match (that's more efficient)
- !pattern prevents exclusion of matching files
- bash-style shell globs, except that ...
  - a pattern that starts with / is a regexp
  - * doesn't cross directory boundaries, but ** does
- I don't need a per-repository (i.e. non-checked-in/propagated)
  ignore file.

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