.gitignore: ignore historical test binaries #10085
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After commit 91b6833 (" Move tests to separate directories, and document"), previously-built test executables are now tracked by Git, which is annoying for developers. This patch add .gitignore rules to ignore the obsolete test directories to solve such problem and enhance developer experience.
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.gitignore: ignore historical test binaries (cherry picked from commit cd2d8b6) Change-Id: Ieb01910ab7722df78d8570ca6e408f1de5839fb8
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Motivation
After #8886, previously-built test executables are now tracked by Git, which might pollute the development environment and might be staged and committed into the source tree by accident.
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This patch add .gitignore rules to ignore the obsolete test directories to solve such problem and enhance developer experience.
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