From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.54 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1Eh7wK-0002Kg-MB for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:02:47 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Eh7fU-0006fb-8R for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:45:20 +0100 Received: from desk.marajade.sandelman.ca ([205.150.200.247]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:45:20 +0100 Received: from mcr by desk.marajade.sandelman.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:45:20 +0100 To: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org From: Michael Richardson Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:18:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20051129100937.AF133353F54@atlas.denx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: news Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] --cvs-exclude for mkfs.jffs2 List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --=-=-= >>>>> "Wolfgang" == Wolfgang Denk writes: Wolfgang> In message you wrote: >> This adds an option to ignore CVS directories. Wolfgang> This doesn't make sense to me. You can and should use "cvs Wolfgang> export" to create the directory trees you want to package. yes, one could do that. I chose not to. It isn't like I forced this option to be on. cvs export requires that I actually check my changes in before I can test them, which causes a lot of needless churn. It may also mean that developers in my team will check in debug statements and forget to remove them. Wolfgang> You use CVS, others use GIT, or Subversion, or ClearCase, or Wolfgang> Monotone, or darcs, or ... - it would not be really practical Wolfgang> to add special rules for everybody's favorite tool. It would very much be practical to do this. I'd rather have a more general --exclude. Of course, you argue for removing equivalent options from rsync and other things. Accept the patch or not. -- ] ON HUMILITY: to err is human. To moo, bovine. | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Xelerance Corporation, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr@xelerance.com http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/mcr/ |device driver[ ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUAQ4xxPICLcPvd0N1lAQJIEAf/f+J0AR6+1IctD1JUWJ/1drWqFY53zjOz De1/8CjUVks5mP/ERKuaMGSaEAVsJT7TSNJ3LhpvG+IXN1549FNpIZVliltzi0x0 Fzf0Bv0o81KuxFatle8lupolAV2NU+ZqxlqP3qdEuiq8YcPg4buY1Xt09LhyPAM+ 6rMXemG77CUx1HJCFTXYSR/6/k7yYHJdbx1CyxkwPyLWozIGg8hCxT4DA1rKttb1 2/yg+QUTW6XuYmEWH94lWOnq9ax5/qidCPNSKNKO0kwpaKlUY+ibToErpe+hGXRV GBKuoPZ2fb3+OGUwIfiL5q/RrKhAQbog8JQH+x9bnFGq8jXV21Rt1Q== =zICq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--