From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 15:52:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA02442 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:52:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA02383 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:51:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01993; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:50:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:50:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Khetan Gajjar cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ignore files In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Khetan Gajjar wrote: > What are the files that you can use to get CVSup to ignore a directory ? > Is it .cvsignore in the directory ? > > I'd like this to preserve some changes I've made to certain files, which > I'm aware that I will have to hand-modify if they change, or patch. This is what branches are for. CVSup will ignore any branch points in the CVS files. Simply checkout your sources with a -jKHETAN tag and you'll keep your hackery clear of everyone else's. :-) > Also, is there any way to place a file in a directory and tell make > not to do anything in it (something like a .makeignore) ? Remove it from the subdir Makefile. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message