...because there are some scripts in automation corresponding to the
entry (build-test.sh and build-each-commit.sh)

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>
---
 .gitignore | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4729911c51..f731975713 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config.cache
 config/Toplevel.mk
 config/Paths.mk
 
-build-*
 dist/*
 docs/tmp.*
 docs/html/
-- 
2.25.1

On 12.07.2022 16:41, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
> ...because there are some scripts in automation corresponding to the
> entry (build-test.sh and build-each-commit.sh)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>

While it seems odd to have this simple a patch sit un-acked for this long,
it looks like I'm not the only one uncomfortable ack-ing it without knowing
why the entry was there. Old .hgignore history only tells me that at some
point build* was changed to build-*. This recent mail from Andrew
(https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2022-08/msg01043.html)
matches my vague recollection of build-* being used as sub-trees for
building stuff when out-of-tree builds are possible, yet people also don't
want to build in an entirely separate tree.

Hence as a compromise between keeping the status quo and deleting the
entry, could we go with changing it to build-*/ ?

Jan

> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config.cache
>  config/Toplevel.mk
>  config/Paths.mk
>  
> -build-*
>  dist/*
>  docs/tmp.*
>  docs/html/

Hi Jan,

> On 18 Aug 2022, at 15:30, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:
> 
> On 12.07.2022 16:41, Bertrand Marquis wrote:
>> ...because there are some scripts in automation corresponding to the
>> entry (build-test.sh and build-each-commit.sh)
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@arm.com>
> 
> While it seems odd to have this simple a patch sit un-acked for this long,
> it looks like I'm not the only one uncomfortable ack-ing it without knowing
> why the entry was there. Old .hgignore history only tells me that at some
> point build* was changed to build-*. This recent mail from Andrew
> (https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2022-08/msg01043.html)
> matches my vague recollection of build-* being used as sub-trees for
> building stuff when out-of-tree builds are possible, yet people also don't
> want to build in an entirely separate tree.

Thanks for reacting on this, I should have pinged in fact.

> 
> Hence as a compromise between keeping the status quo and deleting the
> entry, could we go with changing it to build-*/ ?

I must admit that not knowing why it was there I could not suggest how to fix.
This would work for the current issue so I am ok with that.

Cheers
Bertrand

> 
> Jan
> 
>> --- a/.gitignore
>> +++ b/.gitignore
>> @@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ config.cache
>> config/Toplevel.mk
>> config/Paths.mk
>> 
>> -build-*
>> dist/*
>> docs/tmp.*
>> docs/html/
>