kbuild: do not overwrite .gitignore in output directory

[linux-2.6-block.git] / Makefile

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3c788a65d65294c0156494155842b7f8bf6ce05a..2810425541f4d6d45ed11e1d18babb026a75fa1c 100644 (file)
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -499,7 +499,8 @@ outputmakefile:
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
        $(Q)ln -fsn $(srctree) source
        $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkmakefile $(srctree)
-       $(Q){ echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore
+       $(Q)test -e .gitignore || \
+       { echo "# this is build directory, ignore it"; echo "*"; } > .gitignore
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(shell $(CC) --version 2>&1 | head -n 1 | grep clang),)