Fix write_gitignore for git version >= 2.7

As of git version 2.7 it is no longer necessary to include parent
directories in the list of files not to be ignored.

This fixes #195.

diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 98e0acd3cd3356626e672035a4ebc2d5258168ba..d4e1ba0edc2d68be8bc63f115b8d64e79275c922 100755 (executable)
--- 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