From patchwork Wed Jan 30 11:14:47 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Vladimir Kondratiev X-Patchwork-Id: 10788329 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork-2.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6BFD14E1 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:15:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A2C2E121 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:15:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 83EA02E514; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:15:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.9 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A665B2E121 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:15:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726713AbfA3LPN (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:15:13 -0500 Received: from mga04.intel.com ([192.55.52.120]:11612 "EHLO mga04.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726548AbfA3LPN (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2019 06:15:13 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga003.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.27]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 Jan 2019 03:15:00 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.56,540,1539673200"; d="scan'208";a="122532784" Received: from cvg-ubt08.iil.intel.com ([143.185.152.136]) by orsmga003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 30 Jan 2019 03:14:58 -0800 From: Vladimir Kondratiev To: Masahiro Yamada , Michal Marek Cc: Vladimir Kondratiev , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: gitignore output directory Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:14:47 +0200 Message-Id: <20190130111447.26032-1-vladimir.kondratiev@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP When compiling into output directory using O=, many files created under KBUILD_OUTPUT that git considers as new ones; git clients, ex. "git gui" lists it, and it clutters file list making it difficult to see what was really changed Generate .gitignore in output directory that ignores all its content Signed-off-by: Vladimir Kondratiev --- Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 141653226f3c..ee66ea28869b 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -483,10 +483,13 @@ PHONY += outputmakefile # outputmakefile generates a Makefile in the output directory, if using a # separate output directory. This allows convenient use of make in the # output directory. +# At the same time when output Makefile generated, generate .gitignore to +# ignore whole output directory outputmakefile: ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) $(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile $(srctree) + echo "# this is build directory, ignore it\n*" > .gitignore endif ifneq ($(shell $(CC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)