Subject: Re: bug#37215: [PATCH] vc-cvs-ignore writes absolute filenames and duplicate strings

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:16:19 +0200

On 21.02.2020 11:31, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Also, I'd mention that FILE can be a pattern, otherwise the reference
> to patterns might come as a surprise to the reader.

And, if we accept the patch from a neighboring bug report, it will never 
be an absolute file name.