Re: [FYI] {master} gitignore: more use of anchors

[Eric Blake]

On 08/09/2011 08:44 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> * .gitignore: Anchor files that are intended to be ignored only
> if found in the same directory of the `.gitignore' file, not also
> in its subdirectories.
> * doc/.gitignore, doc/amhello/.gitignore, lib/Automake/.gitignore,
> lib/Automake/tests/.gitignore, tests/.gitignore: Likewise.  Also,
> where needed, add new entries that were once implied by the
> non-anchored entries in the upper-level `.gitignore' files.

While it is up to Ralf, I personally prefer a single .gitignore file for 
the entire tree.  You can have anchored paths for everything at the top 
level, rather than a .gitignore per directory:

> +++ b/doc/.gitignore
> @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
> -amhello-*.tar.gz

For example, in the top level, this would be:

/doc/amhello-*.tar.gz

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