Ian Jackson writes ("Default -I and -i option should not exclude .<vcs>ignore"): > Changing this has compatibility implications. Many tools assume the > existing behaviour. I suggest the following transition plan:
Ping? In particular, (i) do you agree that this should be changed and if so (ii) what did you think of my transition plan ? At least this part: > * Introduce a new option --new-ignores which causes -I and -i without > further arguments to exclude *only* vcs-maintained metadata (.git, > .hg, CVS etc.) and including all files which are usually committed > to the relevant vcs. Make an environment variable to do the same > thing. Could safely and usefully be done in buster even at this stage. Thanks for your attention. Ian. -- Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> These opinions are my own. If I emailed you from an address @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter.