Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am glad I can pull my initial proposition of 'having both syntaxes' off > the table to side with this version - it's gorgeous. > > It's easy to forget that the search-order when matching ignore patterns > is back to front, which makes this 'trick' work. The true gem is not the search-order, though. It is the "last one wins" rule. Back to front search is merely an implementation detail to optimize the search so that we can stop at the first hit ;-) > If the insights gained with the last couple of emails would see their digest > in the user-facing documentation, I think precious files wouldn't only become > usable but would also allow projects to make the their choice during > the transition period during which some users will inevitably access the repository > with a Git that doesn't know about precious files yet. OK.
