is there a stable meld branch/tag which skips entries in .gitignore?

[Igal <igal fl gmail com>]

Hi

I want the functionality existing in tag 3.11.0 where meld skips scanning files/directories listed in the .gitignore files (VC mode). 

Problem is, in 3.11.0 I encounter funky behavior where alt+up and alt+down will select an entire line and move it up/down in the file! I see it as unwanted (and even dangerous!) behavior since alt+up/down is used to jump between the different diff sections. Is this a intentional? 

So basically I'm looking for _any_ stable meld version which skips .gitignore entries. Is this supported on any of the other branches (1.6, 1.8) ?

As master is a child of 3.11.0, I figured it's included. Problem is, it's crashing (see below). 

Any advice? 

Thanks!

~igal

$ git branch 

* master

$ git log -1

commit 8af86a169b9428a8d0551e5696ea6650cc6cfd26

Author: Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>

Date:   Sun May 18 08:47:22 2014 +1000

    build_helpers: Move broken gsettings schema flag to distribution

$ meld .

(meld:22408): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'org.gnome.meld' does not contain a key named 'vc-merge-file-order'

Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)

$ lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.

Distributor ID: Ubuntu

Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Release: 14.04

Codename: trusty