Configurable .gitignore filename?
If project or directory belongs to more than one GIT_DIR then some of the GIT_DIR's may need a different .gitignore files, it would be useful if one could define it independently, e.g. in GIT_DIR/config: [core] ignorefilename = .gitalternateignore Has anyone considered making the .gitignore filename configurable? It could be in a config file or env variable, but either way it would be handy to be configurable. I'm not familiar with git's structure, but if ignoring is only used in git-add then I suppose I could make own git-add script if this is not implemented in core git. I intend to use GIT as a rsync replica (or Dropbox replica) cause it suits it better than rsync, since GIT doesn't have to check all files each time I sync (and GIT can contain versions / backups, works better on Windows and has a simpler needs for the server), more about why I need this: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-users/E-Au9P0A6NA/discussion%5B1-25-false%5D - Jari -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Configurable .gitignore filename?
2013/3/4 Matthieu Moy : > There is already core.excludesfile, which does not replace the usual > .gitignore but comes in addition. The common use is a user-wide ignore > file, not a per-directory one. I'm actually aware of that. Problem is the normal .gitignore files must *not* be used in the second GIT_DIR at all, in my case it's for syncing so I need to sync almost all files (including stuff inside .gitignore), though I'd still like to retain some ignore files for second GIT_DIR, e.g. like in rsync the .rsync-filter file. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Configurable .gitignore filename?
2013/3/5 David Aguilar : > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Jari Pennanen wrote: >> I'm actually aware of that. Problem is the normal .gitignore files >> must *not* be used in the second GIT_DIR at all, in my case it's for >> syncing so I need to sync almost all files (including stuff inside >> .gitignore), though I'd still like to retain some ignore files for >> second GIT_DIR, e.g. like in rsync the .rsync-filter file. > > How about .git/info/exclude in the 2nd GIT_DIR? Would that help? The second GIT_DIR must not use the .gitignore files of the first GIT_DIR, so it does not help. Only way to skip the .gitignore files in git-add is to use "git add -f ." but that skips all excludes, including the .git/info/exclude. I need to skip .gitignore files used by the other GIT_DIR and still have some of ignore rules, IMO this is not possible at the moment. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
