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Re: [Bug-tar] --exclude-vcs-ignores does not read .gitignore files from
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Pavel Raiskup |
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Re: [Bug-tar] --exclude-vcs-ignores does not read .gitignore files from parent directories |
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Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:30:27 +0200 |
On Monday, July 30, 2018 3:04:06 PM CEST Michal Novotny wrote:
> Can I at least make tar (by passing some additional arguments) take the
> parent .gitignores into consideration?
I don't like that idea; IMO GNU tar should rely on /bin/git to interpret
gitignore ('git check-ignore').
> Is there a summary, how tar's support for .gitignore files differs from
> git's native implementation?
I don't think there's such documentation, see also:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2016-12/msg00001.html
Pavel