Re: default value of grep-find-ignored-directories should include .svn

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

David Glasser <glasser@mit.edu> writes:

> The new grep-find-ignored-directories variable is a good idea.  I
> think its default value should include ".svn" and probably "_darcs"
> too, as these are commonly used version control systems (Subversion at
> least is arguably much more popular than Mercurial and Arch, whose
> directories are currently in the default value).

Ok, I have added them.


However, there is generally no need to exclude directories from the
find, unless the version control systems actually store copies/backups
of source files in there, or otherwise use file names which resembles
source file names that may confuse the search and give false matches.

For CVS, in some cases, the CVS/Base subdir contains copies of modified
files.  So CVS must be excluded from the search.

Does the other VC's do this too in some cases?

Or are there other reasons to exclude them from the search?

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