Update top-level .gitignore.

Add a comment explaining our policy that we don't put excludes
for nonstandard tools into committed .gitignore files.

Also, remove the entries about libraries with .sl extensions,
since that convention was only used on now-desupported HP-UX.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAHxW8BAiyPwfXbN813GhorQozwMBs4f3DTxLkKNxiGQuJuw4Vw@mail.gmail.com

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c0f3e5e3512288eaaa63c4f402421f86c5c4025..4e911395fe3bae8edf33e5a05257872060146f09 100644 (file)
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# This file contains ignores for build artifacts from standard builds.
+# Auxiliary files from local workflows, your preferred editor, etc. should
+# be ignored locally using $GIT_DIR/info/exclude or ~/.gitexclude.
+
 # Global excludes across all subdirectories
 *.o
 *.obj
@@ -6,10 +10,6 @@
 *.so.[0-9]
 *.so.[0-9].[0-9]
 *.so.[0-9].[0-9][0-9]
-*.sl
-*.sl.[0-9]
-*.sl.[0-9].[0-9]
-*.sl.[0-9].[0-9][0-9]
 *.dylib
 *.dll
 *.exp