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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Historically we've been fairly resistant to carrying things related to 
> how people build or develop postgres.

Yeah.  I might hold my nose if the effects extended only to one more
root-level file (although that's not great).  But if we're talking
about rather expansive .gitexclude patterns, I'm going to push back
on the grounds of possible unforeseen side-effects on other peoples'
work.

			regards, tom lane