Re: [RFC PATCH] t/helper: Move sources to t/helper-src; gitignore any files in t/helper

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 12, 2017, 19:59 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbmj31zve.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20171212190026.17671-1-sbeller@google.com>

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

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> Compiled test helpers in t/helper are out of sync with the .gitignore
> files quite frequently. This can happen when new test helpers are added,
> but the explicit .gitignore file is not updated in the same commit, or
> when you forget to 'make clean' before checking out a different version
> of git, as the different version may have a different explicit list of
> test helpers to ignore.
>
> This can be fixed by using overly broad ignore patterns, such as ignoring
> the whole directory via '//t/helper/*' in .gitignore.

If we ignore everything but resurrect *.[ch] with negative exclude rules, can we do the same without moving things around?