linux-kernel - [PATCH] Remove *.orig pattern from .gitignore

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Message-ID: <20240729155738.29142-1-laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:57:38 +0300
From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
	Íñigo Huguet <ihuguet@...hat.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>,
	S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@...dus.org.tr>
Subject: [PATCH] Remove *.orig pattern from .gitignore

Commit 3f1b0e1f2875 (".gitignore update") added *.orig and *.rej
patterns to .gitignore in v2.6.23. The commit message didn't give a
rationale. Later on, commit 1f5d3a6b6532 ("Remove *.rej pattern from
.gitignore") removed the *.rej pattern in v2.6.26, on the rationale that
*.rej files indicated something went really wrong and should not be
ignored.

The *.rej files are now shown by `git status`, which helps located
conflicts when applying patches and lowers the probability that they
will go unnoticed. It is however still easy to overlook the *.orig files
which slowly polute the source tree. That's not as big of a deal as not
noticing a conflict, but it's still not nice.

Drop the *.orig pattern from .gitignore to avoid this and help keep the
source tree clean.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
---
As this has been in the tree for so long and appears not to have botherd
anyone, I have a strong feeling I've overlooked something and this patch
will be rejected. I've actually had that feeling for a few years
already, and today I decided that maybe everybody else used the exact
same reasoning, explaining why the annoying *.orig pattern is still in
.gitignore.
---
 .gitignore | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7902adf4f7f1..58fdbb35e2f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ GTAGS
 # id-utils files
 ID

-*.orig
 *~
 \#*#

base-commit: 8400291e289ee6b2bf9779ff1c83a291501f017b
-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart