Is there any way to exclude files via the module?

[monotek]

Is there any way to exclude files via the module?

[bodgit]

I've added a defined type for adding entries to the bottom of .gitignore, etc. You'd do something like:

::etckeeper::ignore { 'pve/*':
  ensure => present,
}

[monotek]

Temporary solution:

git rm --cached -r pve
echo 'pve/*' >> /etc/.gitignore
etckeeper commit -m "remove pve folder"

[bodgit]

In theory this requires just managing the .gitignore file somehow however I don't want to end up fighting with etckeeper if it wants to manage its own block of ignores. Ideally I would want something that works for each of the supported VCS if they also have a way of ignoring files.

[bodgit]

So etckeeper runs etckeeper update-ignore to generate the list of ignores in whatever form each VCS wants. Any patterns added before or after the magic managed by etckeeper comments are retained but if they're within those comments then a subsequent run of etckeeper update-ignore will trash them. So ideally I need a way of managing just that bit of the file.

[monotek]

Thanks a lot. Works :-)

[monotek]

Ah... One last thing.
The already existing entries in git also needs to be removed. Adding the following command should do the trick for git:

• git rm --cached -r pve