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From:   Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: Overly aggressive .gitignore file?
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On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 08:41:29PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> For whatever it's worth, I always run "b4 am -o /tmp/m ...", so all of
> the .mbox files end up in /tmp/m.  Similarly, I'll always run "git ty
> -o /tmp/e ..." so all of the thanks file end up in /tmp/e.  And that
> way I inspect the b4 output files before I run "git am -s /tmp/m/..."
> or "git send-mail /tmp/e/...".

I *have* considered auto-cleanup of stale .mbx/.cover files using the same
logic we use with "b4 ty" to recognize when a series has been already applied.
I can turn this on as an experimental feature in the current master and see if
this is at all useful.

-K