X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/code/vcsh.git/blobdiff_plain/d2617e58f540f3c4ee43149b32a233cf55371029..8ae70a31cd3553ea94502b9784ba4dc5bee274c4:/vcsh

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index e77ca08..f9bea25 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -476,14 +476,21 @@ write_gitignore() {
 
 	use
 	cd "$VCSH_BASE" || fatal "could not enter '$VCSH_BASE'" 11
+	local GIT_VERSION=$(git --version)
+	local GIT_VERSION_MAJOR=$(echo $GIT_VERSION | sed -n 's/.* \([0-9]\)\..*/\1/p')
+	local GIT_VERSION_MINOR=$(echo $GIT_VERSION | sed -n 's/.* \([0-9]\)\.\([0-9]\)\..*/\2/p')
 	OLDIFS=$IFS
 	IFS=$(printf '\n\t')
 	gitignores=$(for file in $(git ls-files); do
-		while true; do
-			echo "$file"; new=${file%/*}
-			[ x"$file" = x"$new" ] && break
-			file=$new
-		done;
+		if [ $GIT_VERSION_MAJOR -ge 2 -a $GIT_VERSION_MINOR -ge 7 ]; then
+			echo "$file";
+		else
+			while true; do
+				echo "$file"; new=${file%/*}
+				[ x"$file" = x"$new" ] && break
+				file=$new
+			done;
+		fi
 	done | sort -u)
 
 	# Contrary to GNU mktemp, mktemp on BSD/OSX requires a template for temp files