[linuxsh-dev] .cvsignore diff

[Mitch D. <mj...@al...>]

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Press release:

Melbourne, Australia: In what has been described as "a major
boost to the Linux kernel's core functionality", a patch was
released today which tells CVS which generated files to ignore.

By hiding those files which are not relevant, the so-called
".cvsignore" patch will allow users of the advanced
"cvs diff -u" command to easily tell which files
they've actually changed.

A spokesman for LinuxSH, Mr. Security Porpoise, was quoted as
saying "this is a red-letter day for the Linux on SuperH project".
A spokesman for Microsoft could not be contacted.

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Seriously folks, this patch will make your CVS ups and CVS diffs
cleaner when doing it in a directory from which you've compiled.
These .cvsignore files cover unique files in each dir, but not
the sort of files that occur in many many dirs, such as
.depend or .o.flags files.  Hiding these additional files is
best done with the CVSIGNORE environment variable, eg,

  export CVSIGNORE=".depend .hdepend .*.o.flags .*.a.flags"

The combination of this patch and this env var setting will
make for a clean cvs up or cvs diff if you've not changed any
source files.

Regards,

Mitch.
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