Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?
Date: 2010-01-09 22:44:47
Message-ID: 19049.1263077087@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>> Robert Haas wrote:
>>> What I want is to ignore all of the build products

>> Use a vpath build, and you'll keep those artifacts out of your source tree.

> I suppose that's one answer, but of what use is it to ignore only the
> 'make distclean' leftovers?

Well, it fits my workflow, which is make distclean -> cvs update ->
fresh build. If you want to update without cleaning the build tree,
using a separate build tree seems like a much better answer.

regards, tom lane

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