[sheepdog] [PATCH] gitignore: ignore produced man files

[Liu Yuan]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 09:03:46AM +0900, MORITA Kazutaka wrote:
> At Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:27:42 +0800,
> Liu Yuan wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 01:07:39AM +0900, MORITA Kazutaka wrote:
> > > At Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:59:50 +0800,
> > > Liu Yuan wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:56:58AM +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> > > > > At Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:22:58 +0800,
> > > > > Liu Yuan wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 06/24/2013 09:52 AM, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Hitoshi Mitake <mitake.hitoshi at lab.ntt.co.jp>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > >   .gitignore |    2 ++
> > > > > > >   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> > > > > > > index f333fd3..e7a577c 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/.gitignore
> > > > > > > +++ b/.gitignore
> > > > > > > @@ -69,3 +69,5 @@ tests/atconfig
> > > > > > >   tests/*.out.bad
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >   *.patch
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > +man/*.8
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Do you have any problem with it? (I don't with guilt) If we ignore 
> > > > > > man/*.8, how can we patch these files later?
> > > > > 
> > > > > The *.8 files are generated things during build time like *.o. They
> > > > > should be ignored by git.
> > > > 
> > > > Not true for all the content of *.8, only partially auto-generated. Anyway 
> > > > does this cause problem for you?
> > > 
> > > 'git show' shows *.8 as untracked files if we don't include them into
> > > .gitignore.  At least, sheep.8, collie.8, and sheepfs.8 should be
> > > ignored.
> > 
> > If we put it these into ingore list, what about we patch these files later? Can
> > git format-patch work without problem?
> 
> What kind of patch are you talking about?  Currently, all the man/*.8
> files are auto-generated from man/*.8.in and we don't create a patch
> against *.8.
> 

Umm, I didn't realize that all content *.8 are currently auto-generated, I
thought just partially.

Thanks,
Yuan