Re: [FYI] {master} gitignore: more use of anchors

[Ralf Wildenhues]

* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 05:04:16PM CEST:
> On Tuesday 09 August 2011, Eric Blake wrote:
> > On 08/09/2011 08:44 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> > > * .gitignore: Anchor files that are intended to be ignored only
> > > if found in the same directory of the `.gitignore' file, not also
> > > in its subdirectories.
> > > * doc/.gitignore, doc/amhello/.gitignore, lib/Automake/.gitignore,
> > > lib/Automake/tests/.gitignore, tests/.gitignore: Likewise.  Also,
> > > where needed, add new entries that were once implied by the
> > > non-anchored entries in the upper-level `.gitignore' files.
> > 
> > While it is up to Ralf, I personally prefer a single .gitignore file for 
> > the entire tree.
> >
> FWIW, I slightly prefer that too.

I don't really have a big preference either way for Automake.
For big projects, a single .gitignore file might not scale that well.

So, OK if you have a patch for that.

Thanks,
Ralf