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

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 04:50:57PM +0000, Mcnamara, John wrote:
> 
> 
> > -----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
> 
Yes, I have something similar done, so this is not a problem for me
personally. I just find it strange that we don't make more use of
gitignore in DPDK. The file's name itself seems to imply that it should
be used to list out files that git should not track, and build output is
definitely one of those.

/Bruce