# Re: .gitignore: according to what rules does this work - SOLVED

1 messages from 2010-05-27 to 2010-05-27. Participants: Ramkumar Ramachandra.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/23921

## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2010-05-27 09:10

Subject: Re: .gitignore: according to what rules does this work - SOLVED
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Hi,

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Konrad Karl <kk_konrad@gmx.at> wrote:
> There was a trailing blank after the first
> asterisk. When trying  with two asterisks in despair
> I started with a fresh file with no trailing blank.

Quick tip: ask your editor. When in doubt, I use whitespace-mode in Emacs.

-- Ram

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