[cvsnt] Re: cvsignore and CVSROOT

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Wed May 12 13:33:15 BST 2004


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On Wed, 12 May 2004 07:31:04 -0500, "Dan Pupek" <dpupek at astpcola.com>
wrote:

>I added a cvsignore file to the CVSROOT module and committed it.
>
>I had one entry for *.ldb.
>
>When I do an add and commit of an *.ldb file it is not ignored. I am
>assuming that it should be.
>
cvsignore only affects files that are not already in the repository.
Import uses it to select which files to add (which is its main use).
WinCVS I believe also uses it to decide whether to show files.

Doing a 'cvs add' on a file overrides cvsignore.

Tony




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