Re: [PATCH RESEND] alpha/boot: Add .gitignore ignoring vmlinux kernel image
From: WangYuli
Date: Wed Nov 12 2025 - 20:34:26 EST
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Hi Thorsten Blum,
(If the maintainers happen to spot patches like this), Please feel free to add my "Co-developed-by" or "Reviewed-by" tag: WangYuli <wangyl5933@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
— I would be very grateful!
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On 2025/11/13 01:22, Thorsten Blum wrote:
Building the kernel creates the untracked kernel image file 'vmlinux' in
'arch/alpha/boot/' - ignore it by adding a new local .gitignore file.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore
diff --git a/arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore b/arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4abc9c8ab7d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+vmlinux