Re: Overly aggressive .gitignore file?

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2023 at 11:51, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> 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