Re: [libvirt] Re: [PATCH] Add .gitignore files

James Morris <jmorris(a)namei.org&gt; wrote: If they can be automatically generated from the .cvsignore ones, then how about adding a rule to do that as well? Then, when the .cvsignore files change, one can type e.g., "make sync-vcs-ignore-files" to regenerate the derived .gitignore ones. Of course, someone would still have to commit any changed files, but at least it's far less manual. That would also avoid the "No newline at end of file" warnings in your patch. sync-vcs-ignore-files: find . -name .cvsignore \ | sed 's,\(.*\),cp \1 \1,;s,\.cvsignore$$,.gitignore,' \ | $(SHELL) If too many people object to adding git-specific .ignore files, I might take the unusual step of adding them to the git mirror. Of course, this would break the mirror in a sense, and might cause minor complications if the .gitignore files are added some time later, so I'd rather not have to...