Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 00:44, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 15:16, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)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 :)

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