From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750850AbWAFNJH (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:09:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932334AbWAFNJH (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:09:07 -0500 Received: from quark.didntduck.org ([69.55.226.66]:37582 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750850AbWAFNJG (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jan 2006 08:09:06 -0500 Message-ID: <43BE6C44.6040504@didntduck.org> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:10:28 -0500 From: Brian Gerst User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Coywolf Qi Hunt CC: sam@ravnborg.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: .gitignore files really necessary? References: <20060106022531.GA7152@localhost.localdomain> <43BDE71D.3000103@didntduck.org> <20060106055845.GA12015@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20060106055845.GA12015@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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