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On Thu, Jun 09, 2016 at 03:48:12PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> As I said, however, I could support a move to add some selected
> small number of common file extensions, as long as we have some
> (social) mechanism to avoid churning this file every time somebody
> new comes and complains their favourite editor or other tools are
> not supported.

Yeah, I don't mind it either, myself, provided we avoid the churn.

OTOH, wouldn't somebody who cared about this want it for all of their
projects? I guess I just don't see the point in making this a
git-specific thing.

-Peff