Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?
Date: 2010-01-09 17:00:21
Message-ID: 8023.1263056421@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On fre, 2010-01-08 at 12:04 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Do .gitignore files have the same format as .cvsignore?

> The format is the same, but while cvsignore files currently list a few
> dozen files, the proposed gitignore would list all files that are ever
> build anywhere.

The charter of the .cvsignore files is to ignore files that are not in
the repository but are nonetheless left behind after "make distclean".
Any git-oriented replacement should behave the same IMO.

regards, tom lane

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