Abhijit Menon-Sen <a...@toroid.org> writes: > At 2010-09-22 20:54:19 -0400, t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: >> However, it seems that git isn't so willing to tell you about gitignore >> patterns that cover too much, i.e. match files that are already in the >> repository.
> If .gitignore specifies a pattern that matches something that's already > in the repository, that specification is itself ignored, and the file is > treated like any other file. I can demonstrate that this is not so. Try a "git add" on such a file. It fails --- at least it does with the version of git currently in Fedora 13. You get some nasty warning about how there's a conflicting .gitignore pattern and you have to use -f if you want to add. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers