# \[PATCH v7 11/17\] docs: netlink: remove obsolete .gitignore from unused directory

- From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab \<mchehab+huawei@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2025-06-19 06:50:21 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2025/06/3098533
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-doc/2025/06/3098523/t.md

```text
The previous code was generating source rst files
under Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/. With the
Sphinx YAML parser, this is now gone. So, stop ignoring
*.rst files inside netlink specs directory.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/.gitignore | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/.gitignore

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/.gitignore b/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 30d85567b592..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/netlink_spec/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.rst
-- 
2.49.0

```