Re: [PATCH v2] .gitignore: Do not track `defconfig` from `make savedefconfig`

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 4:19 PM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dear Masahiro,
>
>
> Am 05.07.20 um 09:14 schrieb Masahiro Yamada:
> > On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 8:12 PM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Running `make savedefconfig` creates by default `defconfig`, which is,
> >> currently, on gitâs radar, for example, `git status` lists this file as
> >> untracked.
> >>
> >> So, add the file to `.gitignore`, so itâs ignored by git.
> >>
> >> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>   .gitignore | 3 +++
> >>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> >> index 87b9dd8a163b..f07500889fba 100644
> >> --- a/.gitignore
> >> +++ b/.gitignore
> >> @@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ x509.genkey
> >>   /allrandom.config
> >>   /allyes.config
> >>
> >> +# Kconfig presets, default savedefconfg output
> >
> >
> > I just noticed this comment is wrong
> > since 'defconfig' is not a preset.
> >
> > I will change it to 'Kconfig savedefconfig output'.
>
> Thank you for finding my error and correcting it.
>
> I couldnât find out more about *presets*.
>
>      $ git grep -i preset scripts/kconfig/
>      $
>
> Where can I look, so I wonât repeat the same mistake next time?


You can find 'preset' in
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
but it does appear in the source files.






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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada