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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <qiyong@fc-cn.com>
Cc: sam@ravnborg.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: .gitignore files really necessary?
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:10:28 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <43BE6C44.6040504@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060106055845.GA12015@localhost.localdomain>

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

  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-06 13:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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 [this message]
2006-01-06 15:41 ` Sam Ravnborg

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