Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I realize colon was chosen to mimic git-check-attr, however, > check-attr prints relative paths only (I think?). > > How about using TAB or '|' instead? AFAICT, these are typically > not used in paths or glob patterns. The primary reason to use ':' in "check-ignore -v" is to mimic the output format of "grep -n". Emacs users can then run the commands like check-attr/check-ignore with "M-x find-grep" (or "M-x compile"), the output format is recognized by the editor, and the user can jump around with \C-x` to view hits. I do not use vim myself, but I would be mildly surprised if there isn't a similar feature there. -- 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