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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] git: ignore build directory
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 10:56:18AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The mk environment in DPDK puts files in build/ directory
> so it makes sense to have a .gitignore file to skip that
> directory.

The last time I proposed such a patch it was rejected. It is sad when 
community patches are second class citizens behind core committers' 
patches.

Matthew.