From e8651fbd0991f8d8314f643a7f3e564489f4f330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 13:39:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] comment --- ..._3912c1194c3f4f0e4c372e7603e0a3e5._comment | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_2_3912c1194c3f4f0e4c372e7603e0a3e5._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_2_3912c1194c3f4f0e4c372e7603e0a3e5._comment b/doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_2_3912c1194c3f4f0e4c372e7603e0a3e5._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..11cd3e4441 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/making_it_easier_to_smudge_dotfiles/comment_2_3912c1194c3f4f0e4c372e7603e0a3e5._comment @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2019-12-19T17:17:31Z" + content=""" +`*` is not only used in annex.largefiles, but other pagespecs too. +Like preferred content: + + exclude=archive/* + +So changing `*` to not match dotfiles would have wide reaching effects, +and it's really not good for different versions of git-annex to parse +preferred content expressions differently. And it seems too confusing to +have `*` match differently in annex.largefiles than in other pagespecs. + +Having a single config that controls both kinds of adds still seems like a +good idea, but I don't know what that config should be. +annex.largedotfiles? +"""]]