Dear findutils maintainers team! In the software development world there is a widespread practice of using ignore files. Examples are: - .gitignore - .dockerignore - .clang-format-ignore - ... All of them have the same syntax and the same logic. It would be super great if it would be possible to use the same syntax file in find for listing ignored files or unignore files
Use cases: # list all ignored files find . -type f -name .gitignore | sed 's/\(.*\.gitignore\)/--match-patterns \1/' | xargs find . -type f # list all files not violating the rules find . -type f -name .my-fancy-system-ignore | sed 's/\(.*\.my-fancy-system-ignore\)/--ignore-patterns \1/' | xargs find . | xargs add_file_to_my_fancy_system_context What should I do to make it possible? I could try to implement it myself, but I would like to discuss this feature first. -- Thanks! Kind regards, Grigorii!
