On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 5:50 PM Vladimir Kondratiev
<vladimir.kondratiev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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 <vladimir.kondratiev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Applied to linux-kbuild.
Thanks.
> Makefile | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 141653226f3c..b1d651e822b1 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)
> + $(Q){ echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore
> endif
>
> ifneq ($(shell $(CC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)
> --
> 2.19.1
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