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

[Martin Pool]

On 10 Jul 2006, John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:
> Martin Pool wrote:
> > On  7 Jul 2006, John Arbash Meinel <john at arbash-meinel.com> wrote:
> >> Attached is a bundle which implements a global ignore file in
> >> ~/.bazaar/ignore
> > 
> > Just two thing: please add a NEWS entry so people can see
> > what changed, and please add at least a stub to the documentation
> > describing that the file exists.
> 


> I had actually already added a NEWS entry, but it was posted in a later
> patch. Can you comment on 'bzr setup-default-ignores'?

Let's leave that out, and just use a small default list if the file
doesn't exist.

We may want e.g. 'bzr ignore --global --edit' to help people on Windows
in the future.

> +Global Ignores
> +--------------
> +
> +There are some ignored files which are not project specific, but more user
> +specific. Things like editor temporary files, or personal temporary files.
> +Rather than add these ignores to every project, bzr supports a global
> +ignore file in ``~/.bazaar/ignore`` [1]_. It has the same syntax as the
> +per-project ignore file.
> +
> +

Let's add

   If this file does not exist, a builtin default list is used.  
   This list includes:

 (and paste it here)


-- 
Martin