A compile_commands.json file is used by the LSP in tools like VSCode and
Neovim to look up function and type information. The file is specific to
the state of the current system; add it to the gitignore.

Note: the kernel root's gitignore has a similar entry:

/compile_commands.json

I am not sure why they use '/' for a file as it is used for directories.

Signed-off-by: "John B. Wyatt IV" <jwyatt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: "John B. Wyatt IV" <sageofredondo@gmail.com>
---
 tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore b/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore
index 7677329c42a6..5113d5a7aee0 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ debug/i386/intel_gsic
 debug/i386/powernow-k8-decode
 debug/x86_64/centrino-decode
 debug/x86_64/powernow-k8-decode
+
+# Clang's compilation database file
+compile_commands.json
-- 
2.46.2

On 9/30/24 11:22, John B. Wyatt IV wrote:
> A compile_commands.json file is used by the LSP in tools like VSCode and
> Neovim to look up function and type information. The file is specific to
> the state of the current system; add it to the gitignore.
> 
> Note: the kernel root's gitignore has a similar entry:
> 
> /compile_commands.json
> 
> I am not sure why they use '/' for a file as it is used for directories.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "John B. Wyatt IV" <jwyatt@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: "John B. Wyatt IV" <sageofredondo@gmail.com>
> ---
>   tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore b/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore
> index 7677329c42a6..5113d5a7aee0 100644
> --- a/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore
> +++ b/tools/power/cpupower/.gitignore
> @@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ debug/i386/intel_gsic
>   debug/i386/powernow-k8-decode
>   debug/x86_64/centrino-decode
>   debug/x86_64/powernow-k8-decode
> +
> +# Clang's compilation database file
> +compile_commands.json

Thank you. Applied to
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux.git/log/?h=cpupower

It will be included in my next pull request to PM maintainer.

thanks,
-- Shuah