[libvirt] [RFC] maint: forbid most files without extension

* .gitignore: Add rule that requires . in name, then add exemptions. --- Given Chris' recent accident in committing a binary file, then blasting the list with it, here's a (hack) approach to prevent a relapse in the future. It assumes that non-binary files either have an extension, or are easy enough to enumerate. Personally, I do NOT want to apply this patch. It has the nasty side-effect of rendering .git/info/exclude useless (git unfortunately stops processing ignore rules once it finds an explicit accept rule, so any reject rules in .git/info/exclude for files containing '.' are overruled as accepts by this patch). Hence, this is only an RFC, documenting my thought process. .gitignore | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index a7466fd..7d2bce3 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -1,3 +1,41 @@ +# To reduce likelihood of committing binaries, require that a '.' be +# in all non-directories, then add exceptions as needed. +* +!*.* +!/AUTHORS +!/ChangeLog-old +!/HACKING +!README +!TODO +!/bootstrap +!/examples/apparmor/TEMPLATE +!/examples/apparmor/libvirt-qemu +!/tests/capabilityschematest +!/tests/cpuset +!/tests/daemon-conf +!/tests/define-dev-segfault +!/tests/domainschematest +!/tests/int-overflow +!/tests/interfaceschematest +!/tests/libvirtd-fail +!/tests/libvirtd-pool +!/tests/networkschematest +!/tests/nodedevschematest +!/tests/nwfilterschematest +!/tests/qemuhelpdata/kvm-74 +!/tests/qemuhelpdata/kvm-86 +!/tests/read-bufsiz +!/tests/read-non-seekable +!/tests/start +!/tests/storagepoolschematest +!/tests/storagevolschematest +!/tests/undefine +!/tests/vcpupin +!/tests/virsh-all +!/tests/virsh-synopsis +!/tests/virt-aa-helper-test + +# Other files to exclude *#*# *.#*# *.a -- 1.6.6.1