Ian Jackson writes ("Default -I and -i option should not exclude .<vcs>ignore"):
> Changing this has compatibility implications. Many tools assume the
> existing behaviour. I suggest the following transition plan:
Ping?
In particular, (i) do you agree that this should be changed
and if so (ii) what did you think of my transition plan ?
At least this part:
> * Introduce a new option --new-ignores which causes -I and -i without
> further arguments to exclude *only* vcs-maintained metadata (.git,
> .hg, CVS etc.) and including all files which are usually committed
> to the relevant vcs. Make an environment variable to do the same
> thing.
Could safely and usefully be done in buster even at this stage.
Thanks for your attention.
Ian.
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