[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] gitignore: ignore top level build/ directory

[Mcnamara, John]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Richardson
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 4:14 PM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com>
> Cc: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>; Yigit, Ferruh
> <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] gitignore: ignore top level build/
> directory
> 
> 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 <baruch at tkos.co.il>
> > >
> > > 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?
> 
> 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 = ~/.gitignore

Then I put the ignore rules in ~/.gitignore.

John