Matthieu Moy, 2007-07-07: > Still, there are also real-life _and_ "clean" cases where I have to > use ignore frequently : projects which generate a lot of files, and > which generate them within the working tree. I have this on a shared > project with teachers, generating a lots of PDFs from LaTeX, and since > we also have a lot of relevant .pdf files, I don't want to ignore > *.pdf all at once.
I see. >> (3) Add file .mtn-ignore to workspace manifest? > > Indeed, since the file will show up next time you run "status", I'm > not sure asking the question is relevant at all. The question was useful in the absence of a proper implementation of xmtn-dvc-status, but since that sort of has improved, it looks like the question has become unnecessary, yes. >> Maybe there should be a third ignore operation: ignore directory >> without contents? I can't find any real use cases for this off the >> top of my head, though.) > > So, if I understand the question correctly, my answer would be "nobody > does it this way, and no, there is no use case for it" ;-). Good :) (Yes, you understood the question correctly.) Christian. _______________________________________________ Dvc-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/dvc-dev
