Re: build/ .gitignore pattern matches files in repo

[David Kastrup]

markdblackwell <address@hidden> writes:

> Currently, the top level .gitignore (of LilyPond's repository) contains this
> pattern:
>
> I found no pattern negating this, in any .gitignore file (at any directory
> level).
>
> Currently, the repository on the server contains files (see below) which
> match this pattern.
>
> Because of this, Git will ignore changes to those files. Therefore:
>
> * Should the pattern be changed to /build/ , so it doesn't match the files?
>
> * Should the matching files be removed?
>
> * Should the .gitignore pattern be deleted?
>
> * (If the present, peculiar situation is exactly what is desired, then)
> should the top level .gitignore include some comment explaining it?
>
> The following files match the pattern in the top-level .gitignore:

Any chance to see an uncensored version of this on the actual mailing
list?  Not everybody uses Nabble, and you can see what got actually sent
out on the list by looking at
<URL:http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2015-08/msg00065.html>
which is an earlier version of your mail with the same problem.

-- 
David Kastrup