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alpha/boot: Add .gitignore ignoring vmlinux kernel image

PATCH RESEND In review Thorsten Blum 2 participants 2 messages Nov 12, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025

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PATCH RESEND 1/1 alpha/boot: Add .gitignore ignoring vmlinux kernel image

Building the kernel creates the untracked kernel image file 'vmlinux' in 'arch/alpha/boot/' - ignore it by adding a new local .gitignore file.

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 arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore
arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore new file +2 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4abc9c8ab7d3
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+vmlinux
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Hi Thorsten Blum,

(If the maintainers happen to spot patches like this), Please feel free to add my "Co-developed-by" or "Reviewed-by" tag: WangYuli <[email protected]>

 — I would be very grateful!

Quoted 17 lines · Thorsten Blum

Building the kernel creates the untracked kernel image file 'vmlinux' in 'arch/alpha/boot/' - ignore it by adding a new local .gitignore file.

---
  arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore | 2 ++
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

create mode 100644 arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore

arch/alpha/boot/.gitignore new file +2 -0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4abc9c8ab7d3
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+vmlinux