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| author | Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> | 2022-09-14 18:52:42 -0400 |
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| committer | Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> | 2022-09-14 18:53:53 -0400 |
| commit | d924586bee49552363fdcffa75fd8b9d724c8da1 (patch) | |
| tree | 13b3730e0e0d2cf81394daefc06b6fd3273291ab /docs/markdown/FAQ.md | |
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docs: note the automatic creation of gitignore in build directories
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/FAQ.md b/docs/markdown/FAQ.md index 1894f27..d3e3d0a 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/markdown/FAQ.md @@ -683,3 +683,12 @@ executable( link_language : 'c', ) ``` + +## How do I ignore the build directory in my VCS? + +You don't need to, assuming you use git or mercurial! Meson >=0.57.0 will +create a `.gitignore` and `.hgignore` file for you, inside each build +directory. It glob ignores ```"*"```, since all generated files should not be +checked into git. + +Users of older versions of Meson may need to set up ignore files themselves. |