Re: [RFC PATCH] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 4/22/26 21:08, pratmal@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> (Resending to correct David's email address. Apologies for the noise!)
> 

Heh, no worries, I didn't even notice.

As long as you CC one of the mailing lists I'm subscribed to, even mails to my
old RH address will still hit my inbox.

> On 4/22/26 18:04, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>> On 4/21/26 20:30, pratmal@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> From: Pratyush Mallick <pratmal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> The current .gitignore hardcodes each generated test binary by name,
>>> requiring updates every time a new test is added.
>>>
>>> Switch to the patten-matching approach similar to KVM:selftests.
>>> Ignore everything by default and then allow source extensions (.c, .h, .sh)
>>> and tracked non-source files.
>> That looks pretty nice. Any reason for the RFC? (iow, are you unsure about some
>> side-effects?)
> 
> Exactly that. I verified that the build works fine, however I sent it 
> as an RFC just to be cautious. I wanted to get some feedback in case this 
> might introduce some unwanted behavior that I'm not aware of. :)

After taking a peek at the KVM one, I think what you propose makes perfect sense.

I do wonder, whether we want to make our lives easier and rename
"local_config.h" to something like "local_config.h_gen", so we don't need the
"re-ignore" part.

-- 
Cheers,

David