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

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

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?)

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Cheers,

David