[U-Boot-Users] Subject: [PATCH] Git ignore generated files in sub-directory tools.

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <1136841372.29751.56.camel at cashmere.sps.mot.com> you wrote:
>
> > What is this good for? All these files go aways when your run a  make
> > mrproper ?
> 
> True.  But the interesting command before that is
> usually "git status", where they show up, but should
> not ever be checked in.  Separate concept that cleaning;

Correct. And this is why I reject this  patch:  I  use  exactly  this
mechanism  to verify that "make mrproper" really cleans up everything
it is expected to clean.

> just like the .gitignore for .o, System.map, etc, at
> the top level.  (Kumar's posted PATCH a few days ago.)

...which I will probably reject for the very same reason, too.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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