Re: Add .gitignore files to CVS?

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>> Robert Haas wrote:
>>> What I want is to ignore all of the build products

>> Use a vpath build, and you'll keep those artifacts out of your source tree.

> I suppose that's one answer, but of what use is it to ignore only the
> 'make distclean' leftovers?

Well, it fits my workflow, which is make distclean -> cvs update ->
fresh build.  If you want to update without cleaning the build tree,
using a separate build tree seems like a much better answer.
        regards, tom lane