I prefer to not add core.* files to my ignore listings because I find it helpful to see them in git status -- It helps me notice and clean them up periodically. Not having them ignored is also good ,because it allows git clean to care of core.* files. The problem is that git add -A, git stash -u, etc, remain interested in the core files. Trying to start up discussion of whether there would be merit to a "half- ignored" state -- Files which are excluded from tracking, but which still show in git status, and which are removed by git clean. Not trying to propose yet how .git/exclude or .gitignore would be formatted or anything like that. Just looking for opinions on whether such a state would be considered by the community as a good thing and merit the added complexity in the code. -- 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