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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] tools/nolibc: Add gitignore to avoid git complaints about sysroot
On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 08:06:00AM +0700, Ammar Faizi wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 04:47:07PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > Testing of nolibc can produce a tools/include/nolibc/sysroot file, which
> > is not known to git. Because it is automatically generated, there is no
> > reason for it to be known to git. Therefore, add a .gitignore to remove
> > it from git's field of view.
>
> Yeah, I hit the same "git status" complaint and have a pending patch
> for that too:
>
> https://github.com/ammarfaizi2/linux-block/commit/89bfe86a03c173863de12.patch
>
> ^ I'll drop this one.

Actually, why don't we take yours? Either way, I have to change something
per your feedback below.

No hurry, send it along when you normally would have.

Thanx, Paul

> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> > Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> > Cc: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
> > Cc: Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/.gitignore b/tools/include/nolibc/.gitignore
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000000..dea22eaaed2ba
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/tools/include/nolibc/.gitignore
> > @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> > +sysroot
>
> Small nit about the naming, not so much important, but the common
> pattern for directory has a trailing slash. So, I would write
> "sysroot/".
>
> ".gitignore" and "tools/testing/selftests/.gitignore" do that too :-)
>
> Reviewed-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@gnuweeb.org>
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Ammar Faizi
>

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