On 2012-09-17 20:32, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 17 September 2012 03:19:54 Jan Kiszka wrote: >> On 2012-09-16 22:55, Mike Frysinger wrote: >>> On Sunday 16 September 2012 16:33:15 Stefan Weil wrote: >>>> Am 16.09.2012 22:11, schrieb Mike Frysinger: >>>>> +libcacard/vscclient +a.out* +.gdb_history +core +gmon.out >>>>> +*.diff +*.patch +*.rej >>>> >>>> IMHO .gitignore should only contain files which are generated by >>>> a normal QEMU build. >>>> >>>> a.out*, .gdb_history, core, *.diff, *patch, *.rej are not QEMU >>>> specific and should be ignored in the user's GIT configuration. >>> >>> these files show up a lot when doing development on qemu, hence i >>> think they do make sense to be listed here. it also makes things >>> "just work" for all users rather than requiring every one to set >>> up their local system in the same way. plus, that would conflict >>> with repos that do want to merge these types of files (uncommon, >>> but not unheard of as test inputs). >>> >>> it's not like entries in this file "cost" anything at all. >> >> NAK. I'd like to see what is polluting my repositories, not ignoring >> it because that's the policy of someone else. Excluding *.rej is >> something I would _never_ do. If they lie around somewhere, something >> was not merged here - that's my policy. > > if something wasn't merged, your git command would have told you and spit an > error. same with patch. if .rej files are showing up and you're not > noticing > at the time of patch application, it's because you're using the tools wrong.
Whichever tool I use and how need not be your worry - nor should it be harmed by a generic .gitignore. Jan
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