Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] selftests/mm: use pattern matching in .gitignore

"David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 11:12:03 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.kernel,gmane.linux.kernel.mm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/4/26 00:17, [email protected] wrote:
> From: Pratyush Mallick <[email protected]>
> 
> The current .gitignore hardcodes each generated test binary by name,
> requiring updates every time a new test is added.
> 
> Switch to the pattern-matching approach similar to KVM:selftests.
> Ignore everything by default and then allow source extensions (.c, .h, .sh)
> and tracked non-source files.
> 
> Note that local_config.h was renamed to local_config.h_gen in a previous
> patch so that un-ignoring *.h files does not cause generated build
> artifacts to become untracked.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
> Suggested-by: Yosry Ahmed <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Pratyush Mallick <[email protected]>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>

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Cheers,

David