From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F2771F461 for ; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:15:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387960AbfGQRP2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:15:28 -0400 Received: from mail2.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.22]:54906 "EHLO mail2.protonmail.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727426AbfGQRP2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:15:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:15:19 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=default; t=1563383725; bh=HhuC1tDPziF3lWSAFThPukfhKeuTZ2FLH6ZTIuH0fDk=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From; b=INoTwCqCsobA1oWfm1mqhWqbh/7iDnOTNTNYOCtDfv1pM+YbiUWi9oOX+EXU+ZLSV yH6Pii3/nv8EouQpSnExac+1nK31yOjNqNfkEQFZn1LJD9YuwCM4VWsHYX/7yKxDNg RPy2LC/vknJLl1aH0fJ8cGcAMJcnYMFTbZNra4ow= To: Junio C Hamano From: Thurston Stone Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" , "gitgitgadget@gmail.com" Reply-To: Thurston Stone Subject: Re: [gitgitgadget/git] Adding git-ignore command, tests, and documentation. (#264) Message-ID: <-_9xfW9lD1t4z4qkcMoJ5Jb9gmzayauqKOPDIYIQO4dJQzc-RoVWTNOi9-OsXDzrdhVJPWoRYIa5d0zqIsHBoNzMSuw1_jauUcEaGwIairU=@protonmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Feedback-ID: GoF1_tGGzdAOfV85Q8wDmQNHA892t-4YSi-EkNmyVQICfrmBYcOej3w15ghxke-rA__wGaGMu4zRpxPIzpb40w==:Ext:ProtonMail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org my mistake, my last email should have read: $ cd path/to/the ... work in that deep directory ... ... realize that file.txt in that directory needs ignoring ... ... know relative path of both desired ignore file and cwd ... $ echo path/to/the/file.txt > ../../../.gitignore ... or with this script ... --CORRECTION-- $ git ignore file.txt