On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> ... What I'm interested in is being >> able to run 'git status' on a tree in which I've run a build without >> getting a lot of extra output, and that will require ignoring all the >> build products. > > I'm fairly hesitant to set up ignore files that list *all* the build > products (or even all the non-.o ones) because of the probability of > error --- in particular, the likelihood that this would mask an omission > in a "make clean" rule. The current charter for .cvsignore is > relatively safe and low-maintenance because there are so few built files > that are supposed to remain around in a distribution tree. What you're > talking about would require a great deal more maintenance effort, and > I don't see the point compared to using a VPATH build.
That seems to be a common POV, so I think we should just let it go. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
