linux-kernel - Re: why does git perpetually complain about include/asm-blackfin/macros.h?

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2007 08:36:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
cc:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...dspring.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Git Mailing List <git@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: why does git perpetually complain about
 include/asm-blackfin/macros.h?



On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   for the umpteenth time, after doing a pull, i see this:
> > 
> > $ git diff
> > diff --git a/include/asm-blackfin/macros.h b/include/asm-blackfin/macros.h
> > deleted file mode 100644
> > index e69de29..0000000
> > $
> 
> I have the same problem.  git 1.5.0.6 on Fedora Core 5 or 6.
> 
> I even tried a completely fresh clone, but the problem still appears.

Git complains for a very simple reason: that file is an empty file, and 
"make clean" removes all zero-sized files.

So whenever anybody does a "make clean" (maybe it's "make distclean", I 
forget), you will have removed the empty file, and git will show it as a 
diff.

We probably should just remove the file from the kernel archive.

		Linus
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