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1.1     ! xsa         1: .\"    $OpenBSD$
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .\" Copyright (c) 2005 Xavier Santolaria <xsa@openbsd.org>
        !             4: .\" All rights reserved.
        !             5: .\"
        !             6: .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
        !             7: .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
        !             8: .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
        !             9: .\"
        !            10: .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
        !            11: .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
        !            12: .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
        !            13: .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
        !            14: .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
        !            15: .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
        !            16: .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
        !            17: .Dd August 01, 2005
        !            18: .Dt CVSIGNORE 5
        !            19: .Os
        !            20: .Sh NAME
        !            21: .Nm cvsignore
        !            22: .Nd list of files and patterns ignored by CVS
        !            23: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            24: The
        !            25: .Nm
        !            26: file provides a list of files (or
        !            27: .Xr sh 1
        !            28: file name patterns) that should be ignored by
        !            29: .Xr cvs 1
        !            30: during the
        !            31: .Ic import ,
        !            32: .Ic release ,
        !            33: and
        !            34: .Ic update
        !            35: commands.
        !            36: .Pp
        !            37: The syntax of the
        !            38: .Nm
        !            39: file consists of a series of lines, each of which contains a
        !            40: space-separated list of filenames.
        !            41: There is currently no way of using comments in this file.
        !            42: .Pp
        !            43: Default patterns that are ignored by
        !            44: .Xr cvs 1
        !            45: are as follows:
        !            46: .Bd -filled
        !            47: CVS,
        !            48: RCS,
        !            49: RCSLOG,
        !            50: SCCS,
        !            51: TAGS,
        !            52: tags,
        !            53: core,
        !            54: cvslog*,
        !            55: *.o,
        !            56: *.so,
        !            57: *.a,
        !            58: *.bak,
        !            59: *.orig,
        !            60: *.rej,
        !            61: *.old,
        !            62: *.exe,
        !            63: *.depend,
        !            64: *.obj,
        !            65: *.elc,
        !            66: *.ln,
        !            67: *.olb,
        !            68: *.core,
        !            69: .#*,
        !            70: *~,
        !            71: _$*,
        !            72: *$,
        !            73: #*,
        !            74: ,*.
        !            75: .Ed
        !            76: .Pp
        !            77: The list can be modified using the methods described below:
        !            78: .Pp
        !            79: .Bl -enum -compact
        !            80: .It
        !            81: The
        !            82: .Pa $CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore
        !            83: file appends patterns to ignore for the whole repository.
        !            84: .It
        !            85: The
        !            86: .Pa $HOME/.cvsignore
        !            87: file appends patterns to ignore for user only.
        !            88: .It
        !            89: The content of the
        !            90: .Ev CVSIGNORE
        !            91: variable is appended to the list.
        !            92: .It
        !            93: Options to the command line
        !            94: .Fl I
        !            95: flag, available for the
        !            96: .Ic import
        !            97: and
        !            98: .Ic update
        !            99: commands, appends patterns for the current command line action only.
        !           100: .It
        !           101: .Pa .cvsignore
        !           102: files placed in the repository directories allow to add patterns to
        !           103: ignore locally.
        !           104: They do not take effect on sub-directories.
        !           105: .El
        !           106: .Pp
        !           107: The
        !           108: .Sq !\&
        !           109: character can be used to reset the list of patterns using any of these
        !           110: five methods.
        !           111: .Pp
        !           112: For the
        !           113: .Ic update
        !           114: command,
        !           115: .Xr cvs 1
        !           116: handles files that are already present in the repository even if they
        !           117: are in the list to ignore.
        !           118: Files that are in the list to ignore but not in the repository will not
        !           119: be listed.
        !           120: This way, files preceeded by the
        !           121: .Sq ?\&
        !           122: character will not appear even if they should.
        !           123: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !           124: .Xr cvs 1 ,
        !           125: .Xr cvsintro 7