From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: is there a truly compelling rationale for .git/info/exclude?
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 13:39:16 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.21.1710061337300.14079@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmv54v5h6.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> rpjday@crashcourse.ca writes:
>
> > at the other end, users are certainly welcome to add extra
> > patterns to be ignored, based purely on the way they work --
> > perhaps based on their choice of editor, they might want to
> > exclude *.swp files, or if working on a Mac, ignore .DS_Store, and
> > so on, using a core.excludesFile setting.
>
> This is primarily why .git/info/exclude exists. A user who does not
> use the same set of tools to work on different projects may not be
> able to use ~/.gitconfig with core.excludesFile pointing at a single
> place that applies to _all_ repositories the user touches.
>
> Also, core.excludesFile came a lot later than in-project and
> in-repository exclude list, IIRC.
>
> Don't waste time by seeking a "compelling" reason. A mere "this is
> the most expedite way to gain convenience" back when something was
> introduced could be an answer, and it is way too late to complain
> about such a choice anyway.
perfectly respectable answer ... it tells me that, between
.gitignore files and core.excludesFile, there's not much left for
.git/info/exclude to do, except in weird circumstances.
rday
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-10-06 17:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-10-06 10:14 is there a truly compelling rationale for .git/info/exclude? rpjday
2017-10-06 12:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-10-06 17:39 ` Robert P. J. Day [this message]
2017-10-06 19:23 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-10-07 21:20 ` brian m. carlson
2017-10-12 23:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-10-12 23:56 ` Jeff King
2017-10-13 7:05 ` Robert P. J. Day
2017-10-06 14:18 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2017-10-08 8:41 ` Steinar Bang
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