Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > However, as I said elsewhere, I'm not convinced this feature is all that > helpful for in-repository .gitignore files, and I think it does > introduce compatibility complications. People with older git will not > respect your .gitignore.d files. Whereas $GIT_DIR/info is purely a local > matter. As I do not see the point of making in-tree .gitignore to a forest of .gitignore.d/ at all, compatibility complications is not worth even thinking about, I would have to say. Thanks.