.bzrignore and bzr ignore are confusing (was Re: bzr commands taking a filename)

[Aaron Bentley]

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Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Call me an idjiot, but I think .bzrignore and the bzr ignore command as they 
> stand are a tad confusing.

Oh, I think everyone agrees about that.

>  - I don't think it's obvious what this should do:
>    # cd subdir
>    # bzr ignore file-in-subdir

I think it should add subdir/file-in-subdir to .bzrignore.

> 1. bzr ignore no longer exists, to ignore files you edit .bzrignore.

When you have an unknown file, there are two things you can do with it:
add to inventory, or ignore it.  It would be nice if the UI for doing
each was the same.

> 2. We change the format of .bzrignore to be more explicit.

That sounds useful to me.

> 3. bzr init creates a template .bzrignore with helpful comments.

.bzrignore overrides the default ignores, so we would lose useful
functionality if bzr init created it.  For example, the shelf plugin
adds .bzr-shelf to the list of default ignores, which means if you don't
have a .bzrignore, you don't have to add .bzr-shelf to it.

Aaron
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