On 2025-06-24, whiteman808 wrote: > I want to compile gentoo-sources for educational purposes and I need > recommendation how to conveniently track changes at the .config file in > kernel sources directory. If you recommend Git, what setup in .gitconfig, > .gitignore do you recommend?
I build kernel out-of-source from a non-root user: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Building_from_userspace Then I simply use Git in a build directory to commit changes every time after running "kmake syncconfig" or after making meaningful changes.