From fa5fc15e75dc5af8bb1c5da3b362f10cf5aeca78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:17:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] top/maint.mk (VC_LIST_EXCEPT): Filter list through
 VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX.

---
 ChangeLog    | 5 +++++
 top/maint.mk | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c6965c9a..d891134b7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-01-12  Simon Josefsson  <simon@josefsson.org>
+
+	* top/maint.mk (VC_LIST_EXCEPT): Filter list through
+	VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX.
+
 2010-01-12  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
 	build: guarantee AS_VAR_IF
diff --git a/top/maint.mk b/top/maint.mk
index 365154326..366d12ab4 100644
--- a/top/maint.mk
+++ b/top/maint.mk
@@ -36,9 +36,14 @@ VC-tag = git tag -s -m '$(VERSION)' -u '$(gpg_key_ID)'
 
 VC_LIST = $(build_aux)/vc-list-files -C $(srcdir)
 
+# You can override this variable in cfg.mk to set your own regexp
+# matching files to ignore.
+VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX ?= ^$$
+
 VC_LIST_EXCEPT = \
   $(VC_LIST) | if test -f $(srcdir)/.x-$@; then grep -vEf $(srcdir)/.x-$@; \
-	       else grep -Ev "$${VC_LIST_EXCEPT_DEFAULT-ChangeLog}"; fi
+	       else grep -Ev -e "$${VC_LIST_EXCEPT_DEFAULT-ChangeLog}"; fi \
+	| grep -Ev -e '$(VC_LIST_ALWAYS_EXCLUDE_REGEX)'
 
 ifeq ($(origin prev_version_file), undefined)
   prev_version_file = $(srcdir)/.prev-version
-- 
2.11.0