default ignores don't ignore '.swp'

[Martin Pool]

On 10 Jan 2006, Jan Hudec <bulb at ucw.cz> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 14:15:37 -0500, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> > > Also, a bzr upgrade can do something like make .DS_Store ignored
> > > everywhere, rather than having to manually do it in every project that
> > > now has a non-default ignore set.
> > 
> > Yes, there are other situations where it's handy to add new default
> > ignores, too.  But if I have to chose between default-ignoring new types
> > and being able to override defaults, I'll take the latter.  I'd be
> > happier if I didn't have to make that choice.
> 
> Oh, no. Ignore patterns differing by client version! Aaargh! Flee!
> Ok, I am exagerating a |=========================================| bit.

Right, that would be awful.

> Basically, I don't think that adding new default ignores is a good
> thing. I think the behaviour of things like this should depend on the
> project and the user setting only.
> 
> I believe a project should only ignore files that actually appear in
> that project. Ie. don't exclude *.o or core* in pure python project etc.
> 
> I thing the user should be able to add their local patterns. Eg. if
> someone uses an editor that makes files like .{*}, they should have a
> way to ignore that for all their projects. .*.swp would be default
> there.

The behaviour we have (just about?) agreed is that the only effect of the
defaults is in supplying a default .bzrignore when you initialize a
tree.  The defaults in there should be fairly conservative; if you want
to get rid of some edit them before doing the initial add and you're
done.

I suppose we could get rid of that default altogether but when people
initialize existing trees they might often accidentally add object
files.

-- 
Martin
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