Re: [PATCH] maint: fix alphabetical order in .gitignore

[Pádraig Brady]

On 01/02/2013 10:46 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Sometimes, the file .gitignore shows up as changed.
> It seems that Git wants to keep it in alphabetical order.

Is your git auto updating .gitignore?
It would be nice to know what's going on exactly.
I suppose if it was a persistent issue, one could
add a syntax check based on:

diff .gitignore <(LANG=C sort .gitignore)

thanks,
Pádraig.