linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] .gitignore: ignore Python compiled bytecode

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Message-ID: <Z_9ZOInQVgx5wtbG@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:16:08 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>,
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	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nick Alcock <nick.alcock@...cle.com>,
	Tamir Duberstein <tamird@...il.com>,
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] .gitignore: ignore Python compiled bytecode

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 02:57:39PM +0800, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> While the building system doesn't create any Python JIT bytecode,
> if one manually runs kernel-doc.py or get_abi.py, Python will,
> by default, create a bytecode and store it under scripts/lib/*.
> 
> This is normal, and not controlled by the Kernel itself. So,
> add *.pyc as an extension to be ignored.

...

>  *.mod.c
>  *.o
>  *.o.*
> +*.pyc

Shouldn't we prevent the order? (This should go after the "patch")

>  *.patch
>  *.rmeta
>  *.rpm

...

P.S. I'm going to test the first patch (at least) soon.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko