Re: [Cfengine] RCSs and CFEngine

[Brendan Strejcek]

Nielsen, Steve wrote:

> Neither.  It stands on its own:
> 
> ignore:
>   any::
>     .svn
> 
> This will cause any cfengine statement that deals with files to ignore
> .svn directories (and their contents).

<opinion>

I think this is dangerous, particularly if you have more than one admin
involved in your cfengine policy. Once your collection of input files
grows past a certain size, these global declarations almost always start
to interact with your configuration in unforeseen ways. I would recommend
using ignore=.svn in the copy statement. It is easier to read, and will
be safer in the long term.

</opinion>

Best,
Brendan

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