2010-11-29 20:11 Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>:
>>         * startup.el: (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path): Exclude
>>         more VCS directories: .svn, .hg, .bzr, .git and .mtn (monotone).
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense to skip anything that starts with a dot?

Sure. See below.

Jari

2010-11-29  Jari Aalto  <jari.aalto@cante.net>

        * startup.el (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path): Change
        `member' to `string-match' file test.  Skip all dot-files.