Re: .gitignore and .bzrignore files.

[Nicolas Richard]

"Eric S. Raymond" <address@hidden> writes:

> Nicolas Richard <address@hidden>:
>> I have one question : what goes in those ignore files ? I've heard some
>> people want to ignore files created during compilation, while some other
>> don't because they compile off tree and want to know if files get added
>> in the tree.
>
> I don't see how not excluding (for example) .o files would help with this.

When you compile off tree and an .o file is added in the tree, it's a
problem that should be detected. Ignoring those files would only hide
the problem. Note that I don't in fact do that, I was just reporting on
what I have heard/read elsewhere.

-- 
Nico.