Re: [PATCH] .gitignore: ignore compile_commands.json globally

[Nathan Chancellor]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 11:14:26AM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> compile_commands.json can be used with clangd to enable language server
> protocol-based assistance. For kernel itself this can be built with
> scripts/gen_compile_commands.py, but other projects (e.g., libbpf, or
> BPF selftests) can benefit from their own compilation database file,
> which can be generated successfully using external tools, like bear [0].
> 
> So, instead of adding compile_commands.json to .gitignore in respective
> individual projects, let's just ignore it globally anywhere in Linux repo.
> 
>   [0] https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear
> 
> Suggested-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sure, I cannot imagine anyone actually wanting to check these in,
regardless of where they exists.

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  .gitignore | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> index bf5ee6e01cd4..451dff66275d 100644
> --- a/.gitignore
> +++ b/.gitignore
> @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ x509.genkey
>  *.kdev4
>  
>  # Clang's compilation database file
> -/compile_commands.json
> +compile_commands.json
>  
>  # Documentation toolchain
>  sphinx_*/
> -- 
> 2.47.1
>