Re: [PATCH] gitignore: Don't ignore 'tags' directory

[Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 4:23 PM Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> LKP reported warnings [1] regarding files being ignored:
>    tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/.gitignore: warning: ignored by one of the .gitignore files
>    tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/Makefile: warning: ignored by one of the .gitignore files
>    tools/testing/selftests/arm64/tags/tags_test.c: warning: ignored by one of the .gitignore files
>
> These warnings were generated by ./scripts/misc-check. Although these files
> are tracked by Git and the warnings are false positives, adjusting the
> .gitignore entries will prevent these warnings and ensure a smoother script
> execution.

You do not need to mention a special tool because you can see them
when building the kernel with W=1.

You can say "Building the kernel with W=1 shows ..."



>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/202411251308.Vjm5MzVC-lkp@intel.com/
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  .gitignore | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index 56972adb5031..e63dbba823cd 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ series
>  tags
>  TAGS

Unfortunately, GIT does not support "only match to regular files",
but you can make the intention clearer:


# ctags files
tags
!tags/
TAGS



You can add "!tags/" right below "tags".
Then, your comment is unnecessary.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada