Is there a way I can get git-format-patch to ignore specific files? Specifically, I want it to ignore .gitmodules. This file is changed whenever a submodule is added or removed, but I don't want git format-patch to pick it up. I already specify --ignore-submodules, so I was expecting format-patch to ignore *everything* related to sobmodules.
Perhaps --ignore-submodules should also ignore any changes to .gitmodules?
(Why is .gitmodules not in the .git directory, anyway?)
-- Timur Tabi Linux kernel developer at Freescale