Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tests: Simplify .gitignore

[Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>]

On 06/19/2018 04:10 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 06/19/2018 05:39 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Commit 0bcc8e5b was yet another instance of 'git status' reporting
>> dirty files after an in-tree build, thanks to the new binary
>> tests/check-block-qdict.
>>
>> Instead of piecemeal exemptions of each new binary as they are
>> added, let's use git's negative globbing feature to exempt ALL
>> files that have a 'test-' or 'check-' prefix, except for the ones
>> ending in '.c' or '.sh'.  We still have a couple of generated
>> files that then need (re-)exclusion, but the overall list is a
>> LOT shorter, and less prone to needing future edits.
> 
> Finally :)
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>

Thanks; including it in my NBD queue for a pull request.

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