[LLVMdev] [PATCH] .gitignore: add rules for a clean worktree

[Jim Grosbach]

On Nov 13, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dmitri,
> 
> Dmitri Gribenko wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Ramkumar Ramachandra
>> <artagnon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Add several .gitignore rules to various directories to ensure a clean
>>> worktree after a default build.
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> These gitignore lists require maintenance.  Is is possible to express
>> the same set of filenames as patterns like '*.inc' in the root
>> gitigrore file, so that adding/removing a new generated file does not
>> require updating gitignore?
> 
> That's a valid concern, but there are plenty of *.inc files that
> aren't meant to be ignored; for example lib/Support/Unix/Host.inc.  I
> can't think of any other patterns that would further simplify my
> patch.  Also, it's idiomatic to use a per-directory .gitignore rather
> than one toplevel .gitignore.

I was under the impression that in-source-tree builds were an unsupported configuration. It's certainly strongly discouraged. I'm not fond of the idea of making it easier, especially when there's a maintenance cost to doing so.

-Jim

> 
> Ram
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