Re: .gitignore files, take two

Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 17:27, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Why does this entry have a / when none of the rest do? Shouldn't
>> we be consistent about that?

> We should. I've removed it.

> The difference is that "zic" matches zic in any subdirectory and
> "/zic" matches just in the top dir. But we're not having any other
> thing called zic further down - it's really only a potential problem
> at the top level.

Hmm. In leaf subdirectories it doesn't matter of course, but I'm
worried about .gitignore files in non-leaf subdirectories accidentally
excluding files further down the tree. Wouldn't it be better to
standardize on always using the slash, rather than not using it?

> Btw, what's the "stamp-h" file? Should that be excluded globally?

I'd say no, there's only one or two instances.

regards, tom lane