Michael J Gruber wrote: > Does the git build process call format-patch? No! The .gitignore we > distribute is meant for things the build process creates Ah, true. I seem to remember a thread long ago about whether to include editor droppings in .gitignore, but I can’t find it in the git or lkml archive. git’s .gitignore does not include .*.swp, \#*#, *~, indeed. >> +[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-*.patch So nack from me as well. It is nice that the .gitignore file we track does not have to change with fashions, and this way each user can set up a personal excludesfile according to choice of tools without interference. Maybe there should be a reasonable "default" .gitexcludes file in gitignore.5 as an example, but that is a different topic[1]. Thanks for the reminder, Jonathan [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/96220/focus=96289 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html