From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:16:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:15:21 -0400 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:29880 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 03:15:16 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: torvalds@transmeta.com, Kai Germaschewski Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Generated files destruction Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:13:09 +1000 Message-Id: <20020912072006.EBADF2C0C7@lists.samba.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus, please apply. I would like to start migrating all build-generated files to names matching "generated*" or ".generated*", esp. those which look like source files. This is mainly for readability and for simplicity when diffing built kernel trees. I'll be encouraging various maintainers who generate (.c, .h and .s) files which are not meant to be shipped with the kernel source to migrate, in my copious free time... Cheers! Rusty. diff -urpN --exclude TAGS -X /home/rusty/devel/kernel/kernel-patches/current-dontdiff --minimal linux-2.5.34/Makefile working-2.5.34-generated-remove/Makefile --- linux-2.5.34/Makefile 2002-09-10 09:11:14.000000000 +1000 +++ working-2.5.34-generated-remove/Makefile 2002-09-12 17:09:06.000000000 +1000 @@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ clean: archclean @echo 'Cleaning up' @find . -name SCCS -prune -o -name BitKeeper -prune -o \ \( -name \*.[oas] -o -name core -o -name .\*.cmd -o \ + -name generated\* -o -name .generated\* -o \ -name .\*.tmp -o -name .\*.d \) -type f -print \ | grep -v lxdialog/ | xargs rm -f @rm -f $(CLEAN_FILES) -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.