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2008/6/14 Paul Fenwick <pjf@perltraining.com.au>: > G'day p5p, > > Are you using git to track Perl development? Do you find it bothersome how > a 'git status' whines endlessly about all the files produced by the build > process? Would you fresher breath and whiter teeth? If so, then .gitignore > is for you[1]! > > Simply add the attached .gitignore file to your repository, and watch those > bothersome 'git status' messages just melt away! > > The attached .gitignore file covers all the files produced by a ./configure, > make, and make test on my Debian/Linux machine. It's provided both as the > results of a git-format-patch (which keeps history, gives me a chance to > play with a new command, and produced absurdly long names), and as an actual > .gitignore file (which you can drop in directly). > > I believe that adding this to bleed will mean that anyone using git for > tracking changes to Perl can immediately start to enjoy less spam from git. Good work, but surely all those *.o, *.bs, blib, pm_to_blib, .exists etc. can be factorized. I was planning to commit such a file when we switch to git. (after 5.8.9 is out)Thread Previous | Thread Next