I frequently make temporary backups this way:
cp uip/foo.c uip/foo.c.1
These files were ignored, although this ignore filter was meant
for the created man pages in section 1 only.
/stamp-h
/stamp-h.in
/config/Makefile
+/config/*.o
/config/version.c
/docs/Makefile
/etc/Makefile
/h/Makefile
/man/Makefile
+/man/*.1
+/man/*.5
+/man/*.7
+/man/*.8
/man/man.sed
/man/mh-chart.man7
/sbr/Makefile
+/sbr/*.o
/sbr/dtimep.c
/sbr/libmh.a
/sbr/sigmsg.h
/test/test-temp-dir
/uip/Makefile
+/uip/*.o
/uip/ali
/uip/anno
/uip/ap
/uip/spost
/uip/whatnow
/uip/whom
-*.o
-*.1
-*.5
-*.7
-*.8
/mmh-*.tar.gz