Re: [PATCH] Add config.log to .gitignore

[Zack Weinberg <zack@owlfolio.org>]

On 2023-03-22 12:26 PM, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-03-22 at 12:01 -0400, Zack Weinberg via Libc-alpha wrote:
>> On 2023-03-21 10:10 AM, 荣涛 via Libc-alpha wrote:
>>>> How the config.log file could ever be here?
>>> You are right, sorry, my mistake.
>>
>> I think the patch is desirable anyway.  If someone makes a mistake [...]
> 
> I guess you mean "git add .", not "git commit -a".  The latter won't add
> config.log even it's there.

Yes, probably...

> I'll not object if the others think this patch can prevent a human error
> from "git add .", but I just want to say "don't use `git add .`, unless,
> maybe, you've visually inspected the output of `git status`".

Yes, that should be the advice for contributors, but mechanical 
backstops against human error are a good idea regardless.

I actually got into an argument with one of my coworkers once, over 
exactly what "git add" does, that only ended when we discovered he had 
become so habituated to typing "git add ." that he didn't even realize 
that that was what he was doing.

zw