Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make 'find' syntax consistent; add .git exclusion to make_ctags.

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Euler Taveira de Oliveira wrote:
> > Alvaro Herrera escreveu:
> > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > >>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >>>> Log Message:
> > >>>> -----------
> > >>>> Make 'find' syntax consistent; add .git exclusion to make_ctags.
> > >>> Should this consider the distdir target in /GNUmakefile.in too?
> > >> It only is looking for _directories_ to put 'tags' into.
> > >
> > > I have to admit that I find this whole idea a bit weird. Is it common
> > > to symlink the tags file?
> > >
> > > What I did was tell my editor that the tags file is to be found on the
> > > root source directory. It seems the most natural way to do this. Am I
> > > alone in this?
> > >
> > No, I do it too.
>
> Well, I just tell my editor to look for the tags file in the current
> directory so I don't have to configure it.

But you had to configure the make_etags script :-) It just seems that
the cruft is in a different place. Don't the tags symlinks show up in
diff output and stuff like that?

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