Re: .gitignore for some of cygwin files

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Radosław Smogura <rsmogura(at)softperience(dot)eu>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: .gitignore for some of cygwin files
Date: 2011-06-09 16:57:46
Message-ID: 10359.1307638666@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> I agree with that, though the *dll.def files are ours and probably
> deserve a global .gitignore entry.

Agreed, and that's done.

> As for executables, I think the local .gitignore files in each subdir
> should be tweaked so that they catch the .exe extension, so
> src/backend/.gitignore which currently includes /postgres should also
> have /postgres.exe, and so on.

I agree with the committed patch, which just added one global *.exe
pattern. I don't see the value of having to maintain a second
.gitignore entry in every subdirectory that builds an executable.

regards, tom lane

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