GNU bug report logs - #42024
[PATCH] nix: Tweak .gitignore files.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 17:28:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 42024 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 42024 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#42024] [PATCH] nix: Tweak .gitignore files.
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:14:30 +0200

Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net> skribis:

> Remove .gitignore entries where they match source files that are tracked in
> Git.  This is relevant to me at least, as some code searching tools use
> .gitignore files and will ignore matched files.
>
> * nix/boost/.gitignore: Delete this file.
> * nix/libutils/.gitignore: Delete this file.
> * nix/libstore/.gitignore (*.cc, *.hh): Remove entries.
> (/schema.sql.hh): New entry.

LGTM!  I don’t know what the rationale was.

BTW, no need to bother with ChangeLog entries for this.

Ludo’.
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