Re: [1.8.0] reorganize the mess that the source tree has become

On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

2) Create a build/ directory, or bin/ if prefered, to hold the result of 
   the build.

I don't care much about the other items on the list, but I do agree
with this one. The biggest reason I like this is because it makes it
easier to tab complete. In all the cases so far that I have tab
completed "git-rebase--i" to open it in an editor or to run some git
command on it, I have wanted "git-rebase--interactive.sh"; I have
never wanted the build result.

It is also nice to have one less file to edit (.gitignore) when you
add a new source file, but that is of course much less important.

Are there any arguments against this part of Nicolas's proposal?

Btw, this is not really related to 1.8.0, is it? It seems to me like
it could be done at any time...


/Martin