From afea3037ef3a6718051e79dd7f7e3bb2e4cc224e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind)" Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 11:58:10 +0000 Subject: 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 --- docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt index 3cdbaa1ce..b1662cb79 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 -- cgit v1.2.3