So it would be nice to have an option to not add files to the repo based on an ignore file. The ignore format seems consistent across many projects, linking git's as an example.
https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore I do not think that this option should look at `~/.gitignore` specifically (even if that is my use case), as that would add a dependency on a single unrelated project. Instead I would like to be able to (for example) tar --ignore-file demo/.gitignore --ignore-file demo/.dockerignore -cvf demo.tar.gz demo or maybe tar --ignore-files demo/.gitignore demo/.dockerignore tar --ignore-files 'demo/.*ignore' # glob not regex I'm open to other option names. Yesterday while uploading a project bug reproducer that wasn't "clean" I realized that it would have been nice to do this instead of running around trying to remove all ignored files first. using (GNU tar) 1.35 and I didn't notice anything in man tar when I looked at it, sorry if I missed anything related. Please CC not on list -- Caleb Cushing Appointments https://calendly.com/caleb-cushing https://xenoterracide.com
