Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] build: Update .gitignore for build-aux files

On 10/16/19 9:23 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 10:17:16AM -0400, John Ferlan wrote: > > > > > > On 10/16/19 10:08 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 08:54:26AM -0400, John Ferlan wrote: > > > > Recent changes moved some files to build-aux and created at least > > > > one more. > > > > > > Really ? I wasn't aware that we'd moved the files listed in > > > this change. > > > > > > > Well that's where they now show up... I dunno. I had to clean my > > environment more than once due to recent changes and these files now > > show up in the noted/changed locations. I also use a clean environment > > for my coverity builds every day and this is where they show up. > > Oh in fact I see them in the same place build-aux, but git is not > reporting them despite not being listed in gitignore. > > I wonder if it has some default ignore list its using ? When using gnulib's bootstrap, gnulib creates or augments .gitignore as needed to cover files that it copies in or which autoconf/automake will install. But as we have been moving away from that, we have to pick up the slack and ignore the files ourselves.