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Re: [PATCH] gitignore: ignore GNU GLOBAL tag files

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Mar 7, 2011, 12:07 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 05:49, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  /TAGS
>> +/GTAGS
>> +/GRTAGS
>> +/GPATH
>> +/GSYMS
>>  /cscope*
>>  *.obj
>>  *.lib
>
> What causes these to be added?

I don't know, but I suspect they are generated by some variant of (e|c)tags which do not appear in our Makefile.

If this is the case, I'd say the place to put these is in a user-wide .gitignore (cf. core.excludesfile).

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Matthieu Moy
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  1. gitignore: ignore GNU GLOBAL tag filesNamhyung Kim, Mar 7, 2011
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 7, 2011
  3. Matthieu MoyMar 7, 2011
  4. Roberto Vargas CaballeroMar 7, 2011
  5. Namhyung KimMar 8, 2011

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