Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 5/8/26 20:34, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2026 at 8:22 AM <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.
>>
>> To avoid un-ignoring the generated headers, rename local_config.h to
>> local_config.h_gen.
>>
>> Acked-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I think these need to be sorted out (as I mentioned privately).
> 
> Also, we probably need to split this into two patches: one renaming
> local_config.h and one updating .gitignore.

Yeah we could, but no strong opinion from my side.

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Cheers,

David