Re: [PATCH -next V2] Ignore drivers/video/console/promcon_tbl.c conmakehash generated file

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Wed Jul 30 2008 - 12:02:48 EST


On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 06:41:27PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 01:26:20PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:56:13AM +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > > Sorry for the previous version, I forgot reading that .gitignore files
> > > should be per-directory in this case.
> > > --
> > > From: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [PATCH -next V2] Ignore drivers/video/console/promcon_tbl.c conmakehash generated file
> > >
> > > Add drivers/video/console/promcon_tbl.c to the list of ignored files.
> > > This file is generated by conmakehash against drivers/video/console/prom.uni.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > diff --git a/drivers/video/console/.gitignore b/drivers/video/console/.gitignore
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..ad0ad9b
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/drivers/video/console/.gitignore
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > > +# Generated conmakehash files
> > > +drivers/video/console/promcon_tbl.c
> >
> > Did you test this?
> > I recall you should specify filenames relative to the
> > path of .gitignore.
>
> According to the manpage both should work.
>
> But I'd personally prefer it without a path since that's more robust in
> case of directory moves.
I tested it here and it only worked for me without the path.

Florian - please drop the path and resend.

Thanks,
Sam
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