On tis, 2010-09-21 at 00:00 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> 3. What are the ignore filesets *for*, in particular should they list
> just the derived files expected in a distribution tarball, or all the
> files in the set of build products in a normal build?
My personal vote: Forget the whole thing.
I have never found the .cvsignore files useful for anything, but they
have only been a small annoyance when someone else quietly updated them
when I supposedly forget. Some of the new proposed schemes
for .gitignore appear to be significantly more involved.