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ASF subversion and git services commented on RAT-473: ----------------------------------------------------- Commit 6263fd8234493ff9cd8210fb797ef95abb31c278 in creadur-rat's branch refs/heads/master from Claude Warren [ https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=creadur-rat.git;h=6263fd82 ] RAT-473: Update documentation (#472) Updated documentation to reflect file processor changes and enhancements. Co-authored-by: P. Ottlinger <pottlin...@apache.org> > Ignore files matching the global .gitignore > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: RAT-473 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-473 > Project: Apache Rat > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Arnout Engelen > Priority: Minor > > rat already ignores local files matching the patterns in .gitignore when > scanning for license/copyright headers. > Some tools, such as some editors/IDEs (but also other utilities), leave > behind files in the project that should similarly be ignored. Especially for > obscure tools, it would be nice to be able to do that without having to > contribute to the .gitignore in the upstream repository. In such cases it's > helpful to put those patterns in a user-specific 'global' gitignore > ([https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore).] Git supports this, but rat currently > doesn't take it into account. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.20.10#820010)