On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 7:47 AM, Jari Pennanen <jari.pennanen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2013/3/4 Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> There is already core.excludesfile, which does not replace the usual >> .gitignore but comes in addition. The common use is a user-wide ignore >> file, not a per-directory one. > > I'm actually aware of that. Problem is the normal .gitignore files > must *not* be used in the second GIT_DIR at all, in my case it's for > syncing so I need to sync almost all files (including stuff inside > .gitignore), though I'd still like to retain some ignore files for > second GIT_DIR, e.g. like in rsync the .rsync-filter file. How about .git/info/exclude in the 2nd GIT_DIR? Would that help? -- David -- 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