Backported from kernel commit 156e7cbb3ef5 ("kbuild: do not overwrite .gitignore in output directory")
Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodi...@linaro.org> --- Makefile | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 055898935372..19fa77953d2f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ outputmakefile: ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),) $(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile $(srctree) - $(Q){ echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore + $(Q)test -e .gitignore || \ + { echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore endif # To make sure we do not include .config for any of the *config targets -- 2.49.0