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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:28:24 -0700 (PDT)
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> writes:
> 
> > In the kernel tree, I see 2 .gitignore files that use "+pattern":
> >
> > ./arch/blackfin/include/asm/.gitignore:+mach
> > ./arch/blackfin/boot/.gitignore:+vmImage
> >
> > However, I can't find anything about '+' on the gitignore(5) man page
> > at http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html .
> >
> > Does the '+' mean something special or is it just a character in the
> > filename/dir pattern?
> 
> AFAIR, this should be just a shell glob fnmatch(3) understands, so perhaps
> their build procedure leaves temporary droppings in a file whose filename
> is prefixed with './+'?

OK, I'll ask the blackfin developers/maintainers about it.

Thanks.
-- 
~Randy