From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E7DFA4A for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:51:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Dec 2016 08:51:00 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.33,374,1477983600"; d="scan'208";a="204599279" Received: from irsmsx152.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.192.66]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 19 Dec 2016 08:50:59 -0800 Received: from irsmsx103.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.124]) by IRSMSX152.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.6.137]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:50:59 +0000 From: "Mcnamara, John" To: "Richardson, Bruce" , Thomas Monjalon CC: Baruch Siach , "Yigit, Ferruh" , "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] gitignore: ignore top level build/ directory Thread-Index: AQHSVTbmzqWAYseYHU6R6EtX8XGM6qEFxy6AgAmQQQCAACQNAIAACUQA Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:50:57 +0000 Message-ID: References: <2dfce93f986deb95eb5ac4773e020005d45f0c48.1481629710.git.baruch@tkos.co.il> <1984848.mjZxypNVZ9@xps13> <20161219161422.GB166228@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20161219161422.GB166228@bricha3-MOBL3.ger.corp.intel.com> Accept-Language: en-GB, en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-ctpclassification: CTP_PUBLIC x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiZDM4ZjY0ZjYtY2NlMS00YjMzLTkyMmMtZWY5ZjdmZDE4NTJhIiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX1BVQkxJQyJ9XX1dfSwiU3ViamVjdExhYmVscyI6W10sIlRNQ1ZlcnNpb24iOiIxNS45LjYuNiIsIlRydXN0ZWRMYWJlbEhhc2giOiJTUVN5MkhQWmQ1RDNBZlo3eWVKYnhMZ1lRTXNWd1E0RWZFT3VXK1BjT1NZPSJ9 x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.181] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] gitignore: ignore top level build/ directory X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:51:02 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 4:14 PM > To: Thomas Monjalon > Cc: Baruch Siach ; Yigit, Ferruh > ; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] gitignore: ignore top level build/ > directory >=20 > On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 03:05:20PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2016-12-13 12:02, Ferruh Yigit: > > > On 12/13/2016 11:48 AM, Baruch Siach wrote: > > > > RTE_OUTPUT defaults to build/. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach > > > > > > There is a similar patch: > > > http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/11637/ > > > > > > If you want you can review/comment that one too. > > > > Yes, sorry I've never commented above patch. > > > > I do not like filling .gitignore because I prefer seeing what is built > > or copied or whatever with "git status". > > What is really the benefit of .gitignore? >=20 > I take the opposite view. I only like to see files that I actually care > about in the git status. Any build artifacts should be ignored by git as > they are not files that it ever should track. That way doing a build does > not change the status of the repo as git sees it. As a workaround I have the following in my .gitconfig: [core] excludesfile =3D ~/.gitignore Then I put the ignore rules in ~/.gitignore. John