Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

2014-09-04 Thread Bostjan Skufca
I see, tnx for the pointer. Would inclusion of this patch be viable option then? Patch below, it is possible to look at it here to: Patch: https://github.com/teonsystems/git/commit/27449825ff4d7bb3eecb5a3e32692aaf1ab1a026 Branch: https://github.com/teonsystems/git/commits/feature/configurable

Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

2014-09-01 Thread Duy Nguyen
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 3:30 AM, Bostjan Skufca wrote: > There is currently no way to transfer/share repository configuration > between clones. See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/216624 -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body o

Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

2014-09-01 Thread Bostjan Skufca
I see another crux of the problem. There is currently no way to transfer/share repository configuration between clones. (Or is there? Could this be done with attributes? Probably not...) This is a bit awkward. Are there any plans to provide such functionality? Pros/cons? (It should be limited in

Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

2014-08-30 Thread Bostjan Skufca
Hi Jonathan, nope, haven't seen zit before, it does partly what I would need, but just for one file at a time (a "bit" awkward) and not really portable (git clone will not clone .FILE.git/exclude, for example). Anyway, do you think that a patch which makes .gitignore filename configurable would b

Re: Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

2014-08-29 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Bostjan Skufca wrote: > Git is great for tracking code development, but when deploying > mentioned code by using git itself, various configuration files must > be created additionally, which are normally .gitignored, for various > reasons (code portability, sensitive data, etc). There is curr

Configurable filename for what is now .gitignore

2014-08-29 Thread Bostjan Skufca
Hi there, I created a patch which makes ".gitignore" filename configurabe. Preliminary diff is pasted below. My question is: Would something like this be acceptable for inclusion? (providing documentation and test cases will be done too, of course) See "Motivation" part below for additional expl