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Re: Expanding Includes in .gitignore

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 28, 2016, 02:54 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> However, as I said elsewhere, I'm not convinced this feature is all that
> helpful for in-repository .gitignore files, and I think it does
> introduce compatibility complications. People with older git will not
> respect your .gitignore.d files. Whereas $GIT_DIR/info is purely a local
> matter.

As I do not see the point of making in-tree .gitignore to a forest of .gitignore.d/ at all, compatibility complications is not worth even thinking about, I would have to say.

Thanks.
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