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jimmy bahuleyan, Tue, Jun 19, 2007 22:08:21 +0200:
> Is there a way where I could specify a pattern in .git/info/exclude that
> would make git ignore directories.

put it in .gitignore in the top-level directory (just the "IGNORE").
.gitignore works recursively.