Ignore files in `.git` and `.gitignore`

[hpfr]

When I occasionally manually commit with Magit while git-auto-commit-mode is enabled, submitting the commit saves .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG, which seems to trigger git-auto-commit-mode's prompt for a message (since I have gac-ask-for-summary-p enabled). This also happens when modifying ignored files. If I enter a message, I get a warning that the file I tried to commit is ignored.

git-auto-commit-mode should probably ignore .git and ignored files by default, without the user having to set up local variables for every ignored file or subdirectory. Is this possible?

[chadhs]

this feels like a bug; I would be willing to help fix this with a bit of guidance.

[ryuslash]

Oops! Definitely a bug. I'll have to take a look at what we're doing here. I'd prefer not to have an explicit case for ignoring anything in .git...

@chadhs I'd be happy to provide you with any guidance you need. First I need a refresher of what's going on myself 🙂

I'll try and find some time to look, in the mean time @chadhs if you have any specific questions feel free to ask.

[Y0ngg4n]

Any updates here?

[chadhs]

@Y0ngg4n sadly no. I'm working around it for now as things have been busy...