.gitignore files branch

[Chris Johns]

On 2/02/12 4:42 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>> Can '*~' be added for emacs backup files ?
>
> No. User-specific exclusion patterns should go into a user-specific
> setup and not be added to the global configuration, because they reflect
> an individual users's use-case and do not reflect a source-tree's
> technical requirements/needs.
>
> c.f. the ~/.gitconfig section in "git --help ignore"
>

I am happy with this. Thanks.

Chris