On 08/09/2020 14.50, Eric Blake wrote: > On 9/7/20 12:42 PM, Thomas Huth wrote: >> Now that we always do out-of-tree builds (and the in-tree builds are >> faked via a "build" directory), we can simplify out .gitignore file > > s/out/our/ > >> quite a bit. >> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <th...@redhat.com> >> --- >> .gitignore | 158 ----------------------------------------------------- >> 1 file changed, 158 deletions(-) >> > > I like the idea. As Phillipe pointed out, there are still a few files > that may be created by merely running './configure' or common editor > droppings or workflow setups that are still worth ignoring, but as most > of these truly no longer appear during a fresh checkout, it makes sense > to clean it up. > > Someone who still wants to use 'fake in-tree' builds and creates > symlinks for themselves will no longer have those symlinks ignored by > this pruned file, but can edit their own .git/info/exclude file to match > their preferences. > >> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore >> index 4ccb9ed975..bb916594eb 100644 >> --- a/.gitignore >> +++ b/.gitignore >> @@ -1,165 +1,7 @@ >> /GNUmakefile >> /build/ > > Our 'fake in-tree' build uses just 'build', but ignoring '/build*/' > might be wiser to automatically ignore all other variations on the theme > of a subdirectory per build.
At least I am doing my out-of-tree builds completely outside of the source tree. I think if someone wants to use directories within the source tree for this, they can also simply add them to their private .gitignore / .git/info/exclude file instead, then you're also more flexible with the naming. Thomas
