Re: excluding some paths

[Jason Hood]

> > Way back when I ported 4.0.1 to djgpp, I added a -x (--exclude) option
> > to GTAGS, to skip files and/or directories. Apparently it wasn't liked,
> > because it didn't make it into later releases. Should I dust it off and
> > try adding it to 4.5.1 (my current version)?
> 
> You can do the same job using configuration variable 'skip' in gtags.conf
> (or $HOME/.globalrc).

Yeah, that's what I figured, and why I didn't add it to later releases.

> How about adding a new generic option --mergeconf like this?
 
Interesting idea, but it might be more trouble than it's worth (since
it'd require (re)writing a file instead of simply reading it).

Jason.
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