[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Add .gitignore files

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <45E311C9.4060905 at freescale.com> you wrote:
> 
> > I never felt the need for a .gitignore file; mayby you can explain
> > what you need it for?
> 
> To keep the output of git-status clean.  I need to do a "make clean" in order 
> for git-status to give me meaningful results.

That's what I do, too. What's the problem with that?

Also, you could get used to using the O= option and  put  the  builkd
tree  in  a  separate  directory, so you don't even have to run "make
clean".

And as mentioned before, I see the benefit of the  current  situation
that  it clearly shows if "make clean" fails to clean up any files it
should.

> If git-ls-files were updated to include empty directories, would you be willing 
> to have .gitignore files?

Willing...

To be honest: no. My regular working mode is to  use  "cg-status"  to
see what was changed / added etc. before I commit a change. For me it
is  very  convenient  when  I  see  any  stray files at the same time
without need to run any other command.

But I'm willing to listen to  arguments.  At  the  moment  it's  that
either  I  have  to  run  an  additional command I didn't need to use
before, or you have to run "make clean" or use "O=". I don't see  any
significant difference of added inconvenience between these two. So I
tend to shift the inconvenience to you :-)

However, if you have a *good* reason for using .gitignore files, I
will reconsider.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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