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Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@openmailbox.org> skribis:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Not related: I wonder is there a reason to ignore (in .gitignore) the
>> whole "build-aux" directory?  IIUC this led to commit 8bc35f8, right?
>
> As you have pointed out and to be more explicit about the context, the
> commit 8bc35f8 was introduced because of a falsely ignored file from
> "build-aux" directory, which should have be bundled with commit 9d3fb6c.

Right.

> IMO in order to avoid such mistakes, only specific files in "build-aux"
> dir should be added to ".gitignore".  I can send a patch to fix this (if
> everybody is OK with the change of course).  :)

I would gladly accept that.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.