Re: [PATCH] Remove *.orig pattern from .gitignore

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 06:57:38PM +0300, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> Commit 3f1b0e1f2875 (".gitignore update") added *.orig and *.rej
> patterns to .gitignore in v2.6.23. The commit message didn't give a
> rationale. Later on, commit 1f5d3a6b6532 ("Remove *.rej pattern from
> .gitignore") removed the *.rej pattern in v2.6.26, on the rationale that
> *.rej files indicated something went really wrong and should not be
> ignored.
> 
> The *.rej files are now shown by `git status`, which helps located
> conflicts when applying patches and lowers the probability that they
> will go unnoticed. It is however still easy to overlook the *.orig files
> which slowly polute the source tree. That's not as big of a deal as not
> noticing a conflict, but it's still not nice.
> 
> Drop the *.orig pattern from .gitignore to avoid this and help keep the
> source tree clean.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
> ---
> As this has been in the tree for so long and appears not to have botherd
> anyone, I have a strong feeling I've overlooked something and this patch
> will be rejected. I've actually had that feeling for a few years
> already, and today I decided that maybe everybody else used the exact
> same reasoning, explaining why the annoying *.orig pattern is still in
> .gitignore.

I don't really have a strong opinion myself but it does seem reasonable
to be consistent. For what it's worth, Stephen Rothwell checks for
accidentally added .orig and .rej files in -next (and catches them
occasionally [1]), so I wouldn't expect removing this to matter much.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-next/?q=.rej

> ---
>  .gitignore | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index 7902adf4f7f1..58fdbb35e2f1 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ GTAGS
>  # id-utils files
>  ID
>  
> -*.orig
>  *~
>  \#*#
>  
> 
> base-commit: 8400291e289ee6b2bf9779ff1c83a291501f017b
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Pinchart
>