Totally minor, but Git looks for .gitignore files recursively, so unless it's something super important, I don't think it's a great idea to add them to projects.

Vi .swp files are something that only certain users will have; they should use a global Git ignore configuration.

http://help.github.com/ignore-files/

Patch to follow.

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#1 memcache-remove-gitignore-1417958-1.patch533 bytesglennpratt
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D7 patch attached.

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Priority: Normal » Minor
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Committed/pushed. Thanks!

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Version: 7.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.x-dev
Status: Fixed » Patch (to be ported)

Same thing for 6.x-1.x branch.