linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] .gitignore: ignore compile

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kDA3MPpjMzX+LutOoLgKqm9uz8xAT_-iBzhR3pFC+L_Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2025 11:27:04 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, masahiroy@...nel.org, ojeda@...nel.org, 
	nathan@...nel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com, 
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally

On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> compile_commands.json can be used with clangd to enable language server
> protocol-based assistance. For kernel itself this can be built with
> scripts/gen_compile_commands.py, but other projects (e.g., libbpf, or
> BPF selftests) can benefit from their own compilation database file,
> which can be generated successfully using external tools, like bear [0].
>
> So, instead of adding compile_commands.json to .gitignore in respective
> individual projects, let's just ignore it globally anywhere in Linux repo.
>
> While at it, remove exactly such a local .gitignore rule under
> tools/power/cpupower.
>
>   [0] https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear
>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
> Suggested-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel