Re: [feature request] auto unversion of files matching new ignore pattern

Hello Gunnar!

On Tuesday 30 September 2008 Gunnar Thielebein wrote:
> It would be nice if fsvs would have an option that if patterns are
> edited files that are matched also automagically become unversioned.
> If I have added some pattern like
>
> > ./etc/gshadow-
>
> It should automaticly appear as unversioned:
> > .d.. ./etc/gshadow-
>
> IMO this was already requested some time ago.
> I think adding a config for that would also not break too much
> compatibility of older versions.
Yes, it would have to be some config option, because that would mean trying 
*all* patterns on *all* known entries ... and that can take some time, and 
possibly include entries that you want to keep.

> It is that you cant have the ultimate ignore list matching all kind of
> distribution.
> Easing the use of the unversion would help in customising hosts.
Yes, that's right ...
Maybe the inverse - doing "unversion" with some flag puts a take-pattern in 
front of the list? But the shell expands wildcards, whereas FSVS doesn't ... 
so you'd get a whole lot of take-patterns.

> At the moment I need to edit the ignore list, then unversion the files
> and if some other admin has done work also remember the pathes i removed.
> What do you think about that?