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Ignasi Barrera commented on RAT-171:
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IMO it is not a special case. The plugin already adds the {{.gitignore}} file
to the list of exclusions if the {{useDefaultExcludes}} is set (by default the
property is set to _true_). Given that the file is being automatically excluded
when that property is set, I think it does not make sense to run the checks for
the ignored files it contains. If the plugin is already excluding the
.gitignore file, I think it should also exclude its contents, and that does not
look like a special case to me.
Regarding the issue title, it was initially intended only for the .gitignore
file (the first patch addressed that), but it makes sense to change it now that
the fix is more generic.
> Implicit ignores should include git-ignored files
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> Key: RAT-171
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-171
> Project: Apache Rat
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Affects Versions: 0.11
> Reporter: Ignasi Barrera
> Attachments: RAT-171.patch
>
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> The apache-rat-plugin ignores by default the .gitignore files. However, for
> every file/pattern added to those files, an explicit exclusion must be set in
> the plugin's configuration.
> Given that git-ignored files won't be uploaded to the SCM and shouldn't be
> part of a release, it would be nice that the apache-rat-plugin automatically
> considered those git-ignored files as implicit exclusions.
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