From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS? |
Date: | 2010-01-08 17:34:24 |
Message-ID: | 603c8f071001080934x6d09a004p8eee1e27fb7982ad@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
>> On tor, 2010-01-07 at 22:16 +0000, Tim Bunce wrote:
>>> Is there any reason not to add .gitignore files into the repository?
>
>> I already find the .cvsignore files to be useless and an annoyance to
>> keep up to date (well, I basically ignore them and someone else cleans
>> up after me),
>
> When/if we move off CVS, we should drop the .cvsignore files and insert
> .gitignore (assuming that works the same way). I am not in favor of
> expecting the core project to maintain support for non-core SCMs though.
> Will we have .bzrignore and who knows what else in there too?
>
> As Peter points out, the only way the things will get maintained is if
> the complaints they suppress are in-the-face of somebody with commit
> access to the core repo. I like quiet from my "cvs update"s, so I'm
> willing to maintain .cvsignores, but I'm not willing to maintain
> multiple copies of that information.
I would be willing to maintain .gitignore files, under the agreement
that if I should fail or cease to do so, and no one else wants to take
over, then they all get removed. Would that be acceptable?
...Robert
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