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Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>, Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@pobox.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-09T22:44:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>> Robert Haas wrote:
>>> What I want is to ignore all of the build products

>> Use a vpath build, and you'll keep those artifacts out of your source tree.

> I suppose that's one answer, but of what use is it to ignore only the
> 'make distclean' leftovers?

Well, it fits my workflow, which is make distclean -> cvs update ->
fresh build.  If you want to update without cleaning the build tree,
using a separate build tree seems like a much better answer.

			regards, tom lane