* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 05:04:16PM CEST: > On Tuesday 09 August 2011, Eric Blake wrote: > > On 08/09/2011 08:44 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > > * .gitignore: Anchor files that are intended to be ignored only > > > if found in the same directory of the `.gitignore' file, not also > > > in its subdirectories. > > > * doc/.gitignore, doc/amhello/.gitignore, lib/Automake/.gitignore, > > > lib/Automake/tests/.gitignore, tests/.gitignore: Likewise. Also, > > > where needed, add new entries that were once implied by the > > > non-anchored entries in the upper-level `.gitignore' files. > > > > While it is up to Ralf, I personally prefer a single .gitignore file for > > the entire tree. > > > FWIW, I slightly prefer that too.
I don't really have a big preference either way for Automake. For big projects, a single .gitignore file might not scale that well. So, OK if you have a patch for that. Thanks, Ralf
