linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] gitignore: do not ignore include/linux/

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Date:	Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:25:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Jakub Narebski <jnareb@...il.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, git@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@...covery.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] gitignore: do not ignore include/linux/

On Wed, 10 Mar 2010, Américo Wang wrote:

> >> >> +!/.gitignore
> >> >> +!/.mailmap
> >> >
> >> > Actually you want to *not ignore* .gitignore and .mailmap (and
> >> > .gitattributes which is missing here) anywhere, not only as top-level
> >> > file.  So .gitignore and .mailmap should not be prepended with slash.
> >>
> >> <and moved out of the 'Top-level generic files' section then>
> >>
> >
> > Please either revert 3b2a8c8f3c65 or merge the fixed up patch for
> > 2.6.34-rc2, otherwise include/linux will continue to be ignored by git
> > just like it is for 2.6.34-rc1.
> 
> Why not apply the patch from Jiri? Since this problem is introduced
> by new version of git, not that commit.
> 

Like I said, please either revert the commit that added "linux" to 
.gitignore or merge Jiri's patch.  I'm not interested in engaging in a 
discussion about what can or cannot be merged during rc cycles, I just 
hope this is resolved for rc2.