Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?

Magnus Hagander escribió:
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 00:44, Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 15:16, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com> wrote:
> >> Is there any reason not to add .gitignore files into the repository?
> >> They'll make no difference to those who don't use git, but be very
> >> helpful to, and maintained by, those who do.
> >
> > Since it seems we don't want them in CVS, maybe just add it to the git
> > mirror?  I don't know that we want the git mirror to have
> > commits/files that CVS does not. *shrug*  Thoughts people?
> 
> Definite -1. We want the git repository to be (as much as possible)
> identical to the CVS one.
> 
> You can always create your own branch with just the .gitignore files
> and merge that into whatever you're working on :)

Do .gitignore files have the same format as .cvsignore?  If that's the
case then it's simply a matter of a "find /source -name .cvsignore -exec
cp {} .gitignore \;" or similar, isn't it?  Doesn't sound like something
anybody should sweat over.

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