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ASF subversion and git services commented on RAT-473:
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Commit 6263fd8234493ff9cd8210fb797ef95abb31c278 in creadur-rat's branch
refs/heads/master from Claude Warren
[ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=creadur-rat.git;h=6263fd82 ]
RAT-473: Update documentation (#472)
Updated documentation to reflect file processor changes and enhancements.
Co-authored-by: P. Ottlinger <[email protected]>
> Ignore files matching the global .gitignore
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> Key: RAT-473
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-473
> Project: Apache Rat
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Arnout Engelen
> Priority: Minor
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> rat already ignores local files matching the patterns in .gitignore when
> scanning for license/copyright headers.
> Some tools, such as some editors/IDEs (but also other utilities), leave
> behind files in the project that should similarly be ignored. Especially for
> obscure tools, it would be nice to be able to do that without having to
> contribute to the .gitignore in the upstream repository. In such cases it's
> helpful to put those patterns in a user-specific 'global' gitignore
> ([https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore).] Git supports this, but rat currently
> doesn't take it into account.
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