Duy Nguyen <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Speaking of .gitignore, I recall that there was a hanging discussion >> on allowing a pattern to name the directory that the .gitignore file >> appears in, which I do not think we currently support. With such a >> feature, instead of listing "/junk" in the .gitignore file at the >> top-level to say that everything inside the "junk" directory is >> ignored by default, we could instead say "<this>" at the beginning >> of the .gitignore file in the "junk" directory. > > Shouldn't "/" alone in junk/.gitignore express that? It does not work, > but I think it's a natural interpretation of the syntax. Yup, there is nothing that you can plug to the "<this>" in the above to make it mean "junk" directory is ignored. A trailing "/" is removed after noting the fact that the entry is about a directory and leaves an empty string, and it would be OK to define that an empty string matches the directory the gitignore file appears in. -- 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