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From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 7 Jul 2023 12:11:53 -0700
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Subject: Re: Overly aggressive .gitignore file?
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 11:51, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>
>
> I don't really understand why *.patch is ok to have in .gitignore but
> *.mbox is not?  Wouldn't autocomplete fail due to `git status` for the
> exact same reason?

I'm sure it does. It just isn't in *my* workflow, so I don't hit it.

But if other people find the *.patch pattern annoying, I certainly
agree that that should be removed too.

               Linus