On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 04:10:55PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
> On 5/25/21 3:36 PM, Cleber Rosa wrote:
> > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 07:12:39PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
> > > Ignore *Python* build and package output (build, dist, qemu.egg-info);
> > > these files are not created as part of a QEMU build.
> > > 
> > > Ignore miscellaneous cached python confetti (__pycache__, *.pyc,
> > > .mypy_cache).
> > > 
> > > Ignore .idea (pycharm) .vscode, and .venv (pipenv et al).
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> > > ---
> > >   python/.gitignore | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> > >   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > >   create mode 100644 python/.gitignore
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 00000000000..e27c99e009c
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/python/.gitignore
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> > > +# python bytecode cache
> > > +*.pyc
> > 
> > This is a duplicate from the parent .gitignore, so I would avoid it.
> > 
> > > +__pycache__/
> > 
> > And this one is interesting because, the only thing that *should* be
> > in __pycache__ dirs is .pyc files (covered by the parent .gitignore
> > file).
> > 
> > So, I get the same behavior without these two entries here, so I would
> > skip them.  Let me know if you have any reason for explicitly
> > including them.
> > 
> > - Cleber.
> > 
> 
> Hm, not really ... Just completeness, I suppose, since this directory is
> becoming increasingly separate from the rest of the tree.
> 
> It isn't crucial, it just seemed like a weird omission if they weren't
> listed here. *shrug*
> 
> --js

And still, this dir is part of the overall tree.  Honestly, without
any change in behavior, I'd *not* add those two ignore rules.

Cheers,
- Cleber.