Re: [PATCH v2] tools/python: Improve .gitgnore and clean Makefile rule

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>]

On 09/07/14 16:47, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 11:26 +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> Ignore all intermediate python files, and use find in the clean rule as there
>> are no Makefiles in subdirectories to participate in a recursive clean.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
>> CC: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
>> CC: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
>> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
>> index 562c262..cf9264f 100644
>> --- a/.gitignore
>> +++ b/.gitignore
>> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>>  *.spit
>>  *.gcno
>>  *.gcda
>> +*.py[ocd]
> FWIW there are a bunch of explicit foo.pyc listed which could now be
> removed I guess.

True.

>
>> -	rm -f $(XENPATH)
>> -	rm -rf build/ *.pyc *.pyo *.o *.a *~ xen/util/auxbin.pyc
>> -	rm -f xen/lowlevel/xl/_pyxl_types.h
>> -	rm -f xen/lowlevel/xl/_pyxl_types.c
>> -	rm -f $(DEPS)
>> +	find . \( -name "*.py[ocd]" -o -name "*~" -o -name "_*.[hc]" \) -delete
> I've assumed the lack of *.a in here is deliberate but *.o?
>
> Ian.
>

No object files or libraries  will be generated outside of build/

If we wish to cater to devs doing out-of-band builds in subdirectires
then more than .o and .a should be included in this find.

~Andrew