Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] tests: Simplify .gitignore

[Eric Blake]

On 06/19/2018 04:10 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> On 06/19/2018 05:39 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> > Commit 0bcc8e5b was yet another instance of 'git status' reporting
> > dirty files after an in-tree build, thanks to the new binary
> > tests/check-block-qdict.
> >
> > Instead of piecemeal exemptions of each new binary as they are
> > added, let's use git's negative globbing feature to exempt ALL
> > files that have a 'test-' or 'check-' prefix, except for the ones
> > ending in '.c' or '.sh'.  We still have a couple of generated
> > files that then need (re-)exclusion, but the overall list is a
> > LOT shorter, and less prone to needing future edits.
>
> Finally :)
>
> > Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <address@hidden>
>
> Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <address@hidden>

Thanks; including it in my NBD queue for a pull request.

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