Are Multiple `.gitignore`s Frowned On?
		 Answer : I can think of at least two situations where you would want to have multiple .gitignore  files in different (sub)directories.    Different directories have different types of file to ignore.  For example the .gitignore  in the top directory of your project ignores generated programs, while Documentation/.gitignore  ignores generated documentation.  Ignore given files only in given (sub)directory (you can use /sub/foo  in .gitignore , though).    Please remember that patterns in .gitignore  file apply recursively to the (sub)directory the file is in and all its subdirectories, unless pattern contains '/' (so e.g.  pattern name  applies to any file named name  in given directory and all its subdirectories, while /name  applies to file with this name only in given directory).  As a tangential note, one case where the ability to have multiple .gitignore  files is very useful is if you want an extra directory in your working copy that you never intend to commit. Just put...