On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 6:04 PM Like Xu <like.xu.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > With thousands of commits going into mainline each development cycle, > the metadata .git folder size is gradually expanding (1GB+), and for some > developers (most likely testers) who don't care about the lengthy git-log, > they just use git-archive to distribute a certain version of code (~210MB) > and rebuild git repository from anywhere for further code changes, e.g. > > $ git init && git add . -A > > Then unfortunately, the file tracking metadata from the original git-repo > using "git add -f" will also be lost, to the point where part of source > files wrapped by git-archive may be accidentally cleaned up: > > $ git clean -nxdf > Would remove Documentation/devicetree/bindings/.yamllint > Would remove drivers/clk/.kunitconfig > Would remove drivers/gpu/drm/tests/.kunitconfig > Would remove drivers/hid/.kunitconfig > Would remove fs/ext4/.kunitconfig > Would remove fs/fat/.kunitconfig > Would remove kernel/kcsan/.kunitconfig > Would remove lib/kunit/.kunitconfig > Would remove mm/kfence/.kunitconfig > Would remove tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/ > Would remove tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore > Would remove tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile > Would remove tools/testing/selftests/kvm/config > Would remove tools/testing/selftests/kvm/settings > > This asymmetry is very troubling to those users since finding out which > files to track with "git add -f" clearly requires priori knowledge on > various subsystems. The eradication of this little issue requires naturally > making git-init aware of all .gitignore restrictions at different file tree > hierarchies. Similar issues can be troubleshot with "git check-ignore -v" > for any mistakenly cleaned files. > > Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@xxxxxxxxxxx> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore is already meh. I hope somebody will submit a better fix. > --- > .gitignore | 2 ++ > tools/testing/selftests/arm64/.gitignore | 2 ++ > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore | 4 ++++ > 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/arm64/.gitignore > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore > index 20dce5c3b9e0..fa39e98caee3 100644 > --- a/.gitignore > +++ b/.gitignore > @@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ modules.order > !.gitignore > !.mailmap > !.rustfmt.toml > +!.yamllint > +!.kunitconfig > > # > # Generated include files > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/.gitignore > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..135d709d2d65 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/.gitignore > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > +!tags > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore > index 6d9381d60172..96561c8e06e0 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore > @@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ > !*.h > !*.S > !*.sh > +!.gitignore > +!Makefile > +!settings > +!config > \ No newline at end of file > -- > 2.39.1 > -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
