On 10/25/2012 06:44 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
On 10/25/2012 04:38 PM, Laine Stump wrote:
> On 10/25/2012 06:15 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> I did a 'git add .', then realized that it ended up trying to
>> add the emacs lock file for a corresponding file that I had not
>> yet saved all my edits; thankfully I noticed it in time. Since
>> we already exclude other temporary files, this makes the most
>> sense for preventing such a mistake from actually hitting upstream.
>>
>> * .gitignore: Add .#* to the exclude list.
>> ---
>>
>> If you don't like this patch, then I will be updating my local
>> .git/info/exclude file; I could understand someone wanting to
>> reject this patch on the grounds that 'make' does not create
>> any temporary files under this name, but only my choice of
>> editor (and not everyone shares that choice in editor). So
>> I'll wait for an ack instead of claiming the trivial rule.
>>
> Well, don't we also ignore *~? That's created by an editor too.
Yep.
> ACK.
Pushed, before anyone else has a chance to argue against us :)
What would be *really* nice is if git could give a *warning* if you
tried to do git add . and it found any of those files - it would prevent
the cases where you forget to save a file that you've modified.
(For that matter, it would be nice if make did that :-)