| Message ID | 20221229074310.906556-1-masahiroy@kernel.org (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v3,1/2] .gitignore: update the command to check tracked files being ignored | expand |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore index 3ec73ead6757..2e2e3d1eeaee 100644 --- a/.gitignore +++ b/.gitignore @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # subdirectories here. Add them in the ".gitignore" file # in that subdirectory instead. # -# NOTE! Please use 'git ls-files -i --exclude-standard' +# NOTE! Please use 'git ls-files -i -c --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore' # command after changing this file, to see if there are # any tracked files which get ignored after the change. #
Recent git versions do not accept the noted command. $ git ls-files -i --exclude-standard fatal: ls-files -i must be used with either -o or -c The -c was implied before, but we need to make it explicit since git commit b338e9f66873 ("ls-files: error out on -i unless -o or -c are specified"). Also, replace --exclude-standard with --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore so that everyone will get consistent results. git-ls-files(1) says: --exclude-standard Add the standard Git exclusions: .git/info/exclude, .gitignore in each directory, and the user's global exclusion file. We cannot predict what is locally added to .git/info/exclude or the user's global exclusion file. We can only manage .gitignore files committed to the repository. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> --- Changes in v3: - Fix a typo. Update commit description per Miguel .gitignore | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)