From afea3037ef3a6718051e79dd7f7e3bb2e4cc224e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:58:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rootfs-overlay: also exclude .empty files This makes it possible to put empty directories in the overlay. Thanks to Aras Vaichas for pointing that out. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Acked-by: Samuel Martin Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- Makefile | 3 ++- docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 395d270c95..7f0822f15f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -506,7 +506,8 @@ endif @for dir in $(call qstrip,$(BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY)); do \ $(call MESSAGE,"Copying overlay $${dir}"); \ rsync -a \ - --exclude .svn --exclude .git --exclude .hg --exclude '*~' \ + --exclude .empty --exclude .svn --exclude .git \ + --exclude .hg --exclude '*~' \ $${dir}/ $(TARGET_DIR); \ done diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt index 3cdbaa1ce9..b1662cb797 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ there are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem. * Create a filesystem overlay: a tree of files that are copied directly over the target filesystem after it has been built. Set - +BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY+ to the top of the tree. +.git+, +.svn+, - +.hg+ directories and files ending with +~+ are excluded. + +BR2_ROOTFS_OVERLAY+ to the top of the tree. +.git+, +.svn+, +.hg+ + directories, +.empty+ files and files ending with +~+ are excluded. _Among these first 3 methods, this one should be preferred_. * In the Buildroot configuration, you can specify the path to a -- 2.30.2