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design notes for ignore patterns
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Ignore patterns
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Ignore patterns need to be flexible but simple.
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Based on the system from rsync, which is in turn based on that of
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doc: more on ignore patterns
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CVS.  However, I won't implement all of this at first but rather add
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bits as they seem to be needed.
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design notes for ignore patterns
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First build a list by concatenating:
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* per-user configuration
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* per-tree configuration
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* command line options
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Just one ``.bzrignore`` at tree root?
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File can contain '+ ' and '- ' prefixes to include and exclude things,
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also '#' for comments.
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Should have a ``--ignore`` command line option that specifies ignore
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patterns; by putting a ! in this you can turn off any other includes.
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(Similar to CVS.)