Hi, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Don't waste time by seeking a "compelling" reason. A mere "this is >> the most expedite way to gain convenience" back when something was >> introduced could be an answer, and it is way too late to complain >> about such a choice anyway. > > perfectly respectable answer ... it tells me that, between > .gitignore files and core.excludesFile, there's not much left for > .git/info/exclude to do, except in weird circumstances. I use .git/info/exclude in what I don't consider to be weird circumstances. But I am not motivated to say more than that without knowing what my answer is going to be used for. E.g. is there a part of the gitignore(5) man page where such an explanation would make it less confusing and more useful? Thanks, Jonathan
