[Buildroot] Customize package not copy .svn .git etc?

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On Tuesday 07 February 2012 18:12:17 Grant Edwards wrote:
> The other obvious choice would be to use tar:
> 
> $(BUILD_DIR)/.customize:
>         tar -c -f - -C $(CUST_DIR) --exclude-vcs --exclude-backup . | tar -x -f - -C $(TARGET_DIR)
>         touch $@
> 
> I'd be happy to submit a patch containing the latter if everybody
> agrees that they don't want vcs files, backup files, and lockfiles
> copied.  It is specific to gnu tar -- I assume that's not a problem?

 The tar way is indeed a good idea.  And if you use $(TAR) instead of
plain tar, it's guaranteed to be gnu tar.

 As Luca mentioned, customize will be deprecated in favour of the 
rootfs-additions approach.  We'll add this to the target/generic/Config.in
and target-finalize.  If you'd like to prepare a patch for that, you're
more than welcome!

 Regards,
 Arnout

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