kbuild: remove a tag file before it is regenerated

If a tag file is not removed before it is regenerated, the newly generated data is appended to the old, which preserves stale data and makes the tag file grow over time. Signed-off-by: Matt Kraai <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]>
Baughn · May 1, 2009 · 2e6cb8b · 2e6cb8b
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diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -164,10 +164,12 @@ case "$1" in
 		;;
 
 	"tags")
+		rm -f tags
 		xtags ctags
 		;;
 
 	"TAGS")
+		rm -f TAGS
 		xtags etags
 		;;
 esac