Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] maint: ignore unsaved emacs files

On 10/25/2012 06:15 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > I did a 'git add .', then realized that it ended up trying to > add the emacs lock file for a corresponding file that I had not > yet saved all my edits; thankfully I noticed it in time. Since > we already exclude other temporary files, this makes the most > sense for preventing such a mistake from actually hitting upstream. > > * .gitignore: Add .#* to the exclude list. > --- > > If you don't like this patch, then I will be updating my local > .git/info/exclude file; I could understand someone wanting to > reject this patch on the grounds that 'make' does not create > any temporary files under this name, but only my choice of > editor (and not everyone shares that choice in editor). So > I'll wait for an ack instead of claiming the trivial rule. >

Well, don't we also ignore *~? That's created by an editor too.

ACK.