With that in mind, translating a `.gitignore` file into
`.fossil-settings/ignore-glob` may be possible in many cases. Here are
some of features of `.gitignore` and comments on how they relate to
Fossil:

 *  "A blank line matches no files...": same in Fossil.
 *  "A line starting with # serves as a comment....": not in Fossil.
 *  "A line starting with # serves as a comment...": same in Fossil, including
    the possibility of escaping an initial `#` with a backslash to allow globs
    beginning with a hash.
 *  "Trailing spaces are ignored unless they are quoted..." is similar
    in Fossil. All whitespace before and after a glob is trimmed in
    Fossil unless quoted with single or double quotes. Git uses
    backslash quoting instead, which Fossil does not.
 *  "An optional prefix "!" which negates the pattern...": not in
    Fossil.
 *  Git's globs are relative to the location of the `.gitignore` file: