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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 02:46:42 +0300
From: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv@altlinux.org>
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Subject: Q: splitting the top level .gitignore file
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 02:40:32AM +0300, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
[...]
> Use this opportunity to create separate .gitignore files for m4/ and po/
> directories.

By the way, what do you think about moving subdirectory parts of the top
level .gitignore file into subdirectories?  This would be consistent with
ChangeLog files, currently one has to update the top level ChangeLog file
when the top level .gitignore file is changed in a way that affects
specific subdirectories only.


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