* .gitignore files really necessary?
@ 2006-01-06 2:25 Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-06 3:42 ` Brian Gerst
2006-01-06 15:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Coywolf Qi Hunt @ 2006-01-06 2:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: sam; +Cc: linux-kernel
Hello,
I see you keep updating .gitignore files. That would be a never ending
extra burden IMHO. May I suggest we all use KBUILD_OUTPUT instead to keep
the source tree clean? Or am I missing you?
Coywolf
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: .gitignore files really necessary?
2006-01-06 2:25 .gitignore files really necessary? Coywolf Qi Hunt
@ 2006-01-06 3:42 ` Brian Gerst
2006-01-06 5:58 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-06 15:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Brian Gerst @ 2006-01-06 3:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt; +Cc: sam, linux-kernel
Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I see you keep updating .gitignore files. That would be a never ending
> extra burden IMHO. May I suggest we all use KBUILD_OUTPUT instead to keep
> the source tree clean? Or am I missing you?
>
> Coywolf
Seperate output dirs are nice for building release kernels, but for
doing development it makes things more difficult. The .gitignore files
don't affect the actual build, so it doesn't matter much if they arent't
totally kept up to date.
--
Brian Gerst
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: .gitignore files really necessary?
2006-01-06 3:42 ` Brian Gerst
@ 2006-01-06 5:58 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-06 13:10 ` Brian Gerst
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Coywolf Qi Hunt @ 2006-01-06 5:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Brian Gerst; +Cc: sam, linux-kernel
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 10:42:21PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I see you keep updating .gitignore files. That would be a never ending
> > extra burden IMHO. May I suggest we all use KBUILD_OUTPUT instead to keep
> > the source tree clean? Or am I missing you?
> >
> > Coywolf
>
> Seperate output dirs are nice for building release kernels, but for
> doing development it makes things more difficult. The .gitignore files
How? An example? I think it firstly benefits development, like making diffs.
> don't affect the actual build, so it doesn't matter much if they arent't
> totally kept up to date.
But someone has to maintain them.
Coywolf
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: .gitignore files really necessary?
2006-01-06 5:58 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
@ 2006-01-06 13:10 ` Brian Gerst
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Brian Gerst @ 2006-01-06 13:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt; +Cc: sam, linux-kernel
Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 10:42:21PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
>> Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I see you keep updating .gitignore files. That would be a never ending
>>> extra burden IMHO. May I suggest we all use KBUILD_OUTPUT instead to keep
>>> the source tree clean? Or am I missing you?
>>>
>>> Coywolf
>> Seperate output dirs are nice for building release kernels, but for
>> doing development it makes things more difficult. The .gitignore files
>
> How? An example? I think it firstly benefits development, like making diffs.
Making diffs is what git is for.
--
Brian Gerst
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: .gitignore files really necessary?
2006-01-06 2:25 .gitignore files really necessary? Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-06 3:42 ` Brian Gerst
@ 2006-01-06 15:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sam Ravnborg @ 2006-01-06 15:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 10:25:31AM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I see you keep updating .gitignore files. That would be a never ending
> extra burden IMHO. May I suggest we all use KBUILD_OUTPUT instead to keep
> the source tree clean? Or am I missing you?
You will see a number of .gitignore updates until we get the kernel
covered as is. After that the .gitignore files will seldom see updates.
Also some of the patches even change things already to simplify stuff.
Look at last patch from Brian that ignores *.so in all the trees - this
covers all the architectures using vdso tricks.
And the typical developer does not want to use KBUILD_OUTPUT, that would
be cumbersome when debugging the kernel - so requesting all users to
start using KBUILD_OUTPUT (make O=...) is not an option.
Sam
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2006-01-06 15:42 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2006-01-06 2:25 .gitignore files really necessary? Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-06 3:42 ` Brian Gerst
2006-01-06 5:58 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-06 13:10 ` Brian Gerst
2006-01-06 15:41 ` Sam Ravnborg
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox