[PATCH] gitignore: ignore clangd .cache directory

brian m. carlson· Aug 4, 2023, 17:13 UTC · lore

From: "brian m. carlson" <bk2204@github.com>

In at least some versions of clangd, including version 15 in Ubuntu 23.04, a directory, .cache, is written in the root of the repository with index information about the files in the repository. Since clangd is the most common language server protocol (LSP) implementation for C, and we already support it using the GENERATE_COMPILATION_DATABASE flags to make it functional, it's likely many users are using or will want to use it.

As a result, ignore the ".cache" directory to help avoid users accidentally committing the data.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <bk2204@github.com>
---
 .gitignore | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e875c59054..5e56e471b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
 /TAGS
 /cscope*
 /compile_commands.json
+/.cache/
 *.hcc
 *.obj
 *.lib

Junio C Hamano· Aug 4, 2023, 17:56 UTC · re: brian m. carlson · lore

Re: [PATCH] gitignore: ignore clangd .cache directory

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

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> From: "brian m. carlson" <bk2204@github.com>
>
> In at least some versions of clangd, including version 15 in Ubuntu
> 23.04, a directory, .cache, is written in the root of the repository
> with index information about the files in the repository.  Since clangd
> is the most common language server protocol (LSP) implementation for C,
> and we already support it using the GENERATE_COMPILATION_DATABASE flags
> to make it functional, it's likely many users are using or will want to
> use it.
>
> As a result, ignore the ".cache" directory to help avoid users
> accidentally committing the data.

Thanks. Let's fork from maint and queue it directly on 'next', and fast track it to the upcoming release.

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> Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <bk2204@github.com>
> ---
>  .gitignore | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index e875c59054..5e56e471b3 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -222,6 +222,7 @@
>  /TAGS
>  /cscope*
>  /compile_commands.json
> +/.cache/
>  *.hcc
>  *.obj
>  *.lib

patchgitignore: ignore clangd .cache directory