Re[2]: [RFC] Makefile: Create empty <config.h> if this header file is not needed by board

[Alexander Shiyan]

> > > Patch creates empty <config.h> if this header is not needed by board.
> > > This will allow to remove many empty config.h files from boards.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Alexander Shiyan <shc_work at mail.ru>
> > > ---
> > >  Makefile | 17 +++++++++++------
> > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > > index b5819fc..e8d9984 100644
> > > --- a/Makefile
> > > +++ b/Makefile
> > > @@ -898,13 +898,18 @@ include/asm:
> > >  	$(Q)$(check-symlink)
> > >  	$(Q)$(create-symlink)
> > >  
> > > +define symlink-config-h
> > > +	if [ -f $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h ]; then		\
> > > +		$(kecho) '  SYMLINK $@ -> $(BOARD)/config.h';	\
> > > +		ln -fsn $(srctree)/$(BOARD)/config.h $@;	\
> > > +	else							\
> > > +		$(kecho) '  CREATE  $@';			\
> > > +		echo -n > $@;					\
> > > +	fi
> 
> How does git incorporate with this? I think git just ignores empty files
> like these, right?

When I say "empty" here, I mean about not zeroed files, but about
files without any content. Now we have 50 config.h files like this.

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