Re: [PATCH] maint: fix alphabetical order in .gitignore

[Stefano Lattarini]

Hi Bernhard, Padraig,

On 01/02/2013 01:18 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> Hi Padraig,
> 
> On 01/02/2013 12:37 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 01/02/2013 10:46 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>>> Sometimes, the file .gitignore shows up as changed.
>>> It seems that Git wants to keep it in alphabetical order.
>>
>> Is your git auto updating .gitignore?
>> It would be nice to know what's going on exactly.
> 
> It seems so, but I don't know how/why - "git config -l" does
> not show anything suspicious.
> 
I think the reordering is done by the gnulib-provided bootstrap
script.  I've been bitten by this "features" several times as
well.  Can you check whether this is the case for you as well?

Regards,
  Stefano