Re: .gitignore files really necessary?

[Brian Gerst]

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.

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				Brian Gerst
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