[patch] improved ignore pattern matching (#57637)

[Kent Gibson]

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>> 2) Simple for users to understand. And I think this is key, if
>> you really need complexity in your ignores, you can use RE: and
>> go to town. But 99.9% of the time ignore patterns are simple.
>> They can even be overly generic because if someone explicitly
>> 'bzr add's a file, it becomes versioned.
>
> Is this capital "RE:" or case-agnostic "re:"? The case-agnostic tag
>  would be best.
>
The regex tag pattern is currently only and exactly 'RE:'.
Since the regexes themselves are not case agnostic (e.g. \s is the
opposite of \S), I'm not sure I see your point.

Any other opinions as to what the tag pattern(s) for a regex should be?

Cheers,
Kent.
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