Hi Robert, [who I had to cull from the To:/Cc: headers, as my mailer consistently told me that there is no valid DNS record to route mail to rpj...@crashcourse.ca, which *is* weird.]
On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > Don't waste time by seeking a "compelling" reason. A mere "this is > > the most expedite way to gain convenience" back when something was > > introduced could be an answer, and it is way too late to complain > > about such a choice anyway. > > perfectly respectable answer ... it tells me that, between .gitignore > files and core.excludesFile, there's not much left for > .git/info/exclude to do, except in weird circumstances. I use .git/info/exclude to keep worktrees in subdirectories of the "main" worktree. That's not really weird. It's just something few people do, but that's not the same as "weird". Ciao, Johannes
