Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Re: [PATCH 3/5] Add more working files, directories to .gitignore

[Brian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:32:46 -0800
"W. Trevor King" <wking@tremily.us> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 09:17:42PM -0800, Brian Dolbec wrote:
> > On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 20:50:38 -0800, W. Trevor King wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2014 at 03:01:00PM -0800, Brian Dolbec wrote:
> > > These all look like entries for a local $GIT_DIR/info/exclude,
> > > instead of the shared, in-tree .gitignore, since they're specific
> > > to your workflow and not catalyst or it's build process.
> >
> > Yes, they are.  I've never professed to be a git "expert"
> > Please enlighten me on that.  It's annoying trying to wade through
> > all those files making commits.
> 
> The “DESCRIPTION” section of gitignore(5) goes through it pretty
> clearly [1]. $GIT_DIR/info/exclude (likely
> ~/src/catalyst/.git/info/exclude or similar for you) has the same
> syntax as .gitignore, but it's not versioned.  gitignore(5) recommends
> it for [1]:
> 
>   Patterns which are specific to a particular repository but which do
>   not need to be shared with other related repositories (e.g.,
>   auxiliary files that live inside the repository but are specific to
>   one user’s workflow)
> 
> Cheers,
> Trevor
> 
> [1]: https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html
> 

Done, that you for that info  This commit is removed from pending, will
push once some other feedback changes are finished testing.

-- 
Brian Dolbec <dolsen>