On 2/19/19 11:39 PM, Like Xu wrote:
> On 2019/2/20 11:09, Eric Blake wrote:
>> On 2/20/19 2:55 AM, Like Xu wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like...@linux.intel.com>
>>
>> This feels like two independent patches - the .gitignore change is
>> different from typo fixes.
>>
>> Actually, for .gitignore, you could just as easily do:
>>
>> echo '*.patch' >> .git/info/exclude
>>
>> and fix it so you never commit patch files locally, while still leaving
>> them visible through 'git status' to other users.  I actually like
>> knowing when I have stale patch files lying around, so that I can 'rm'
>> them before creating my next patch batch and using 'git send-email
>> *.patch' - but of course, I could just as easily add '!*.patch' to my
>> .git/info/exclude to override the project default if we decide to go
>> with your patch.
> 
> Adding '*.patch' to .gitignore is consistent with LKML tree.

Fair enough - but then make it a separate patch, and include that
justification in your commit message.

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