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From: Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk>
Subject: gitignore - how to ignore only in current directory
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 21:28:39 +0100
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I want to ignore a particular file name in a particular directory.
However, the same filename may appear in subdirectories and in those
cases I do *not* want it ignored. The documentation seems to imply
that git will read up the directories looking for .gitignore files and
will ignore files that I need included.

Have I misunderstood this and/or how can this be done. Any
enlightenment appreciated!