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

[Ivy Foster]

On 10 Dec 2020, at  6:12 pm -0800, Colin Woodbury wrote:
> 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.

If I may propose an alternative, this seems like an ideal use for
.../pacman/.git/info/exclude.

For those who don't know, .git/info/exclude is a secondary gitignore
file not under version control. It is specifically for files that
shouldn't be ignored at the project level, but that an individual
developer or user might want to ignore--such as for build artifacts in
non-standardized places, or your personal wrapper scripts for testing
whatever you're working on.

Cheers,
Ivy
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