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cvsignore
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Ignores certain files when doing updates, imports, or releases.  By
default, CVS already ignores some kinds of files. (For a full list, see
the -I option to import, earlier in this chapter.)  You can add to this
list by putting additional file names or wildcard patterns in the
cvsignore file.  Each line gives a file name or pattern, for example:

     README.msdos
     *.html
     blah?.out

This causes CVS to ignore any file named `README.msdos', any file
ending in `.html', and any file beginning with `blah' and ending with
`.out'.  (Technically, you can name multiple files or patterns on each
line, separated by whitespace, but it is more readable to keep them to
one per line.  The whitespace separation rule does, unfortunately, mean
that there's no way to specify a space in a file name, except to use
wildcards.)

A `!' anywhere in the list cancels all previous entries.  (See Note:
$CVSIGNORE in the section Note: Environment Variables in this
chapter for a fuller discussion of ignore processing.)