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feature request: exclude-vcs option

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Message #11 received at 42501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>, 42501 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42501: feature request: exclude-vcs option
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 15:38:40 +0200

On 7/6/24 11:10, Collin Funk wrote:
> But I haven't used those version control systems so I am unsure which
> ones are directories or not.

Yes, it's a bit of a puzzle. But for Git shouldn't we exclude only .git, 
and not .gitignore, .gitattributes, and .gitmodules? Normally these 
files are under Git control so "git grep" will search them, so shouldn't 
grep --exclude-vcs also search them? Similarly for .cvsignore, 
.hgignore, .hgtags.

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