RFC: handling of ignore files

[Erik Toubro Nielsen]

Martin Pool <mbp at sourcefrog.net> writes:

> Q: Should the defaults always be active, or do you think people ever
> want a way to turn them off?  I think they're pretty conservative, so it
> might be OK to always leave them on.
> 
> If there needs to be a way to turn them off, then how should that be
> done?  

In CVS a ! in the ignore list clears the list, c.f.,
   http://cvsbook.red-bean.com/cvsbook.html#$CVSIGNORE