Re: Fwd: Add git ignore as builtin

[Javier Domingo Cansino <javierdo1@gmail.com>]

I would love to have such tool included in the toolchain, but being
able to use it to edit all the ignore chain, defaulting to .gitignore.
Explain the reason in my case.

Usually, when ignoring stuff, you will probable ignore already your
IDE/Editor files using a global gitignore. And most of the times in a
per-project basis, you will be ignoring their output files. I only use
.git/info/exclude when I have something really special that I don't
want to share publicly, such as a data/ folder to run the project or
so.

That way, most of the times I will be modifying .gitignore, sometimes
my global gitignore and very occasionally, .git/info/exclude.

That's my case, and that I know of, people have that usage order,
.gitignore > global gitignore > local gitignore.

For sake of uniformity, I would use the same context specifiers as in
git-config. Defaulting to --repo for .gitignore, using --local for the
.git/info/exclue, using --global for the global gitignore, and
--system for the system one.

Also, about adding and excluding, I would recommend using verbs
instead of arguments, which would be in consonance with git remote.

git ignore exclude ....
git ignore include ....

You could also make it "smart" by allowing to use it as the Cisco
managing commands, or the ip tool (ip a == ip address, ip a a == ip
addr add, etc.), resulting in the following:
git ignore e ....
git ignore i ....

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Javier Domingo Cansino