[libvirt] [PATCH] maint: ignore unsaved emacs files

[Laine Stump]

On 10/25/2012 06:44 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 10/25/2012 04:38 PM, Laine Stump wrote:
>> On 10/25/2012 06:15 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> I did a 'git add .', then realized that it ended up trying to
>>> add the emacs lock file for a corresponding file that I had not
>>> yet saved all my edits; thankfully I noticed it in time.  Since
>>> we already exclude other temporary files, this makes the most
>>> sense for preventing such a mistake from actually hitting upstream.
>>>
>>> * .gitignore: Add .#* to the exclude list.
>>> ---
>>>
>>> If you don't like this patch, then I will be updating my local
>>> .git/info/exclude file; I could understand someone wanting to
>>> reject this patch on the grounds that 'make' does not create
>>> any temporary files under this name, but only my choice of
>>> editor (and not everyone shares that choice in editor).  So
>>> I'll wait for an ack instead of claiming the trivial rule.
>>>
>> Well, don't we also ignore *~? That's created by an editor too.
> Yep.
>
>> ACK.
> Pushed, before anyone else has a chance to argue against us :)
>

What would be *really* nice is if git could give a *warning* if you
tried to do git add . and it found any of those files - it would prevent
the cases where you forget to save a file that you've modified.

(For that matter, it would be nice if make did that :-)