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Diffstat (limited to 'src/basic/path-util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/basic/path-util.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.c b/src/basic/path-util.c index 100e3f5af2..bcf72913df 100644 --- a/src/basic/path-util.c +++ b/src/basic/path-util.c @@ -772,6 +772,19 @@ bool hidden_or_backup_file(const char *filename) { if (!p) return false; + /* Please, let's not add more entries to the list below. If external projects think it's a good idea to come up + * with always new suffixes and that everybody else should just adjust to that, then it really should be on + * them. Hence, in future, let's not add any more entries. Instead, let's ask those packages to instead adopt + * one of the generic suffixes/prefixes for hidden files or backups, possibly augmented with an additional + * string. Specifically: there's now: + * + * The generic suffixes "~" and ".bak" for backup files + * The generic prefix "." for hidden files + * + * Thus, if a new package manager "foopkg" wants its own set of "foopkg-new", "foopkg-old", "foopkg-dist" or so + * registered, let's refuse that and ask them to use "foopkg-new.bak" or "foopkg-new~" instead. + */ + return STR_IN_SET(p + 1, "rpmnew", "rpmsave", @@ -786,7 +799,8 @@ bool hidden_or_backup_file(const char *filename) { "ucf-new", "ucf-old", "ucf-dist", - "swp"); + "swp", + "bak"); } bool is_device_path(const char *path) { |