If a tag file is not removed before it is regenerated, the newly generated data is appended to the old, which preserves stale data and makes the tag file grow over time. Signed-off-by: Matt Kraai <kraai@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/tags.sh | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh index 5bd8b10..4a34ec5 100755 --- a/scripts/tags.sh +++ b/scripts/tags.sh @@ -164,10 +164,12 @@ case "$1" in ;; "tags") + rm -f tags xtags ctags ;; "TAGS") + rm -f TAGS xtags etags ;; esac -- 1.6.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html