.stignore: optional include

Feature
1

I use .stignore.sync and various .stignore files in subfolders to sync ignore settings across device, and #include them in .stignore. the .stignore.sync file is like this:

#include myrepo/.stignore
#include .stignore.symlinks

But sometimes the included files are synced later than the .stignore.sync, causing the whole folder to halt.

I think it’d be good if we have an optional include that just omit when the file not exist. e.g. #include? file. This way I can also set the default ignore pattern for all my folders to #include? .stignore.sync, sparing the chore to manually setup .stignore files.

2

For now, as a workaround, what you can do is to use

!/myrepo/.stignore
!/.stignore.symlinks
/

first (i.e. ignore everything but the two #include files), then switch to your usual ignore patterns once the two files have been synced.