[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Add `build/` to gitignore

[Colin Woodbury]

Right, having `meson` do it automatically would work well. I put forth the patch in the first place because the instructions on the Pacman website (master branch), if followed, place the artifacts in `build/`. Other newcomers to the project like me would hit the same thing, so some automated solution would be nice.

Is there anything we can do to move that `meson` proposal forward, other than complaining loudly? ;)

Colin

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, at 17:42, Eli Schwartz wrote:
> On 12/9/20 2:14 PM, Colin Woodbury wrote:
> > Since it's a transient directory for build artifacts, nothing in there will ever
> > been committed. Ignoring it also makes IDEs happier during file search.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Woodbury <colin at fosskers.ca>
> > ---
> >   .gitignore | 1 +
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> > index 01975fd2..638dfe39 100644
> > --- a/.gitignore
> > +++ b/.gitignore
> > @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
> >   *~
> >   *.o
> >   pacman-*.tar.gz
> > +build/*
> 
> I use builddir/ (and upstream usually recommends that these days since 
> it's less likely to confuse "meson builddir" as a subcommand, compared 
> to "meson build").
> 
> This is kind of the problem with trying to ignore a directory that isn't 
> canonical.
> 
> Instead, I'd prefer to argue upstream in favor of 
> https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/6509
> 
> -- 
> Eli Schwartz
> Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
> 
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