>> I want to ignore a particular file name in a particular directory. >> However, the same filename may appear in subdirectories and in those >> cases I do *not* want it ignored. The documentation seems to imply >> that git will read up the directories looking for .gitignore files and >> will ignore files that I need included. > > Make the pattern begin with / Ahh thanks!! Now I know the answer I can see that the docs say that (sort of) :) -- 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