From a14c862c08865e053d5fce90a0d0323b8f9e4bc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:49:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Create a .gitignore file in the CANONICAL_O directory

This .gitignore file ignores all files in an output directory and
hence doesn't change the git status.

Remove "/output" entry from the main .gitignore file as it is already
handled by this general approach.

Signed-off-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier@collins.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
---
 .gitignore | 1 -
 Makefile   | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bb02d9f572..14b7ca5040 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/output
 /dl
 /.auto.deps
 /.config.cmd
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a97ebe78e3..faaf0f165c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ ifneq ($(findstring @,$(CANONICAL_O)),)
 $(error The build directory can not contain a '@')
 endif
 
+# Create a default .gitignore file that ignores everything
+$(shell echo "*" > "$(CANONICAL_O)/.gitignore")
+
 CANONICAL_CURDIR = $(realpath $(CURDIR))
 
 REQ_UMASK = 0022