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Generated files. If you're searching for every place something shows up so you can change it, it's annoying to have to filter out the stuff that'll get updated
by sfink 4y ago
Generated files. If you're searching for every place something shows up so you can change it, it's annoying to have to filter out the stuff that'll get updated automatically (and will mess up timestamps if you update manually.)
Also, backup files. The fewer irrelevant results, the more useful a tool is.
- jonnycomputer 4y agoI'm not asking why someone would find it be useful.
- sfink 4y agoThe tool would want to use .gitignore files because it's useful. Also, it's far from the only non-VCS tool that uses VCS ignore files. rsync --cvs-exclude tar --exclude-vcs
- jonnycomputer 4y agoAgain, I'm not asking why someone would find it useful.
- sodality2 4y ago> Why would the tool want to ignore patterns in a .gitignore? > The tool would want to use .gitignore files because it's useful.
- jonnycomputer 4y agoSometimes a question isn't a question.
- qot 4y agoYes you are. We are talking about a tool, so you are asking why someone would "find it be useful".