[merge] global (per user) ignores and other cleanups

[Martin Pool]

On 10 Jul 2006, John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:

> I would be okay with decreasing the defaults, but I'm thinking we
> probably should keep the really important ones. Looking at the list, I'm
> thinking:
> #*# - Emacs temp files?

lock files actually, iirc

> .#*
> *.a
> *.o #Which we have 2x for some reason
> *.py[oc]
> *.so
> *~
> *.sw[nop] # We can break this into .*.sw[nop] and .sw[nop] if you prefer

Yes, I think it'd be reasonable to use this list if there's no per-user
ignore file.  It's more reasonable for new users, and it eases the
upgrade path from 0.8.


-- 
Martin