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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
To: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ENHANCEMENT] Allow '**' pattern in .gitignore
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:58:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <506A9EA6.9010303@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0nXfeAnFfdFtdDNdEwtk0mMPtpYbg8sPzfrEXUpXsGQOA@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/02/2012 09:21 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've often found the '**' (extended) shell glob useful for matching
> any string crossing directory boundaries: it's especially useful if
> you only have a toplevel .gitignore, as opposed to a per-directory
> .gitignore.  Unfortunately, .gitignore currently uses fnmatch(3), and
> doesn't recognize '**'.  Would extending the .gitignore format to
> accept this be a useful feature?  Would it involve re-implementing and
> extending fnmatch, or is there some other way?
>
I think there is a topic in flight about this:

    <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/206406>

HTH,
  Stefano

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-02  7:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-02  7:21 [ENHANCEMENT] Allow '**' pattern in .gitignore Ramkumar Ramachandra
2012-10-02  7:58 ` Stefano Lattarini [this message]
2012-10-02  8:24   ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2012-10-03 11:35     ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-10-03 13:35       ` Jens Lehmann
2012-10-03 13:42         ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-10-03 13:51           ` Jens Lehmann
2012-10-03 17:51           ` Joshua Jensen
2012-10-04  1:34             ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy

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