From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH] optionally disable overwriting of ignored files Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:57:38 -0700 Message-ID: <7veidp2ufh.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> References: <4C6A1C5B.4030304@workspacewhiz.com> <7viq39avay.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <20100818233900.GA27531@localhost> <4C727E17.5070707@ira.uka.de> <20100823151146.GA15379@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Holger Hellmuth , Matthieu Moy , Joshua Jensen , "git\@vger.kernel.org" To: Clemens Buchacher X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 23 17:58:03 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OnZPO-0007c1-2D for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:58:02 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754215Ab0HWP55 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:57:57 -0400 Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:59228 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754190Ab0HWP5z (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:57:55 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF501CF902; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:57:50 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=DSLf6ueYU1nU5gBXWJmtBp/JAK0=; b=K0cRBV TArciHjyBoi9GOBPliEpZKf2xw2LqGN4e7TFCmBA6kwldCJgL3lLiRfHtgRp5lnH bJXHEEA558LOVlYuTq5W+lQrBTN7PwmzFD1nMf1nVKi3KXXTvYiq7HLj1sN3GA66 AzSbBT0XMGyT7LXfwLIxCBF/OmSVQ7nIB9ss0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=to:cc:subject :references:from:in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=Im8NyKXVpHDqYE+AhwC8XaV1B9doU1Mw VYiYSpE7cLpt3YTBfxEVW9cHt/loxnS8MLXz5n/eSemCGnSqwXZ9/jyQw4ndru9L T+1RjTO9yObzKW0mbBLqIs4FZ2doskPo+BoV+LEyC7yo52QTgHtM5mhqS4ysvtDD TtYtIpHKknE= Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF89CF901; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:57:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [76.102.252.155]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D042CF900; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:57:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20100823151146.GA15379@localhost> (Clemens Buchacher's message of "Mon\, 23 Aug 2010 17\:11\:46 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 2B73406C-AECF-11DF-B712-9056EE7EF46B-77302942!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Clemens Buchacher writes: > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 03:56:39PM +0200, Holger Hellmuth wrote: >> >> You've got my vote. This is the only option that combines safety with >> minimal configuration hassle. >> >> I didn't know about this subtle difference between .gitignore and >> .git/info/exclude. And while this makes sense I expect a sizable >> percentage of users will never even know that .git/info/exclude exists. > > I don't know if this subtle difference was even intentional. I am sorry, what difference are you talking about?