[RFC] Ignore lists

[Robert Collins]

On Wed, 2006-07-05 at 19:20 +0200, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> At the moment, '.bzrignore' is a magic file containing the ignore list
> that is assumed to be present in every revision that has ignores.
> However, this file might not be present in all formats, as other formats
> might be using different ways of obtaining an ignore list.
> 
> WorkingTree already contains a `get_ignore_list()' function that, in the
> default implementation, just reads .bzrignore but can be overridden to
> obtain the ignore list in some other way.
> 
> It would be nice if the dependency on a `magic' file could be removed,
> to be able to support ignore lists from foreign branches. Instead, I
> think ignores should be in a control file and Repository should have a 
> get_ignore_list(revid) function. CommitBuilder would have to have a
> set_ignore_list() function.
> 
> The WorkingTree could use this function to obtain a list of ignores to
> write to its control file (.bzrignore or something else).
> 
> I realize making the ignore list a control file would break the current
> format, but I think making the API changes can already be done.
> 
> What do you think?

I think its very similar to one aspect of what Jan Hudec has been
working on, and like that, I'm very much pro the concept.

Rob
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