Re: [PATCH 2/2] [Fedora] Create output directory in case it doesn't exist (git doesn't support adding of empty dirs)

[Shawn Wells]

On 10/21/13 2:31 PM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
>  Create the Fedora/output directory in case
>  it doesn't exist yet (so fedora_guide.xslt
>  generation would succeed), since Git doesn't
>  support empty directories, just files (also
>  required to support SCAP content on multiple /
>  different Fedora versions).
>
>  Passed basic sanity && regression testing,
>  pushed to master.
>
>  Thank you && Regards, Jan.
>  --
>  Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Technologies Team
>
>  0002-Fedora-Create-output-directory-in-case-it-doesn-t-ex.patch
>
>
>   From e54f05e0ef70ea60efd029317ec219f14cfd81cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>  From: Jan Lieskovsky<jlieskov(a)redhat.com>
>  Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:22:43 +0200
>  Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [Fedora] Create output directory in case it doesn't exist
>    (git doesn't support adding of empty dirs)
>
>  Signed-off-by: Jan Lieskovsky<jlieskov(a)redhat.com>
>  ---
>    Fedora/Makefile | 1 +
>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
>  diff --git a/Fedora/Makefile b/Fedora/Makefile
>  index 1bdb6fe..48e5db8 100644
>  --- a/Fedora/Makefile
>  +++ b/Fedora/Makefile
>  @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ FEDORA_GUIDE_XML = fedora_guide.xml
>    all: shorthand2xccdf guide content dist
>    
>    set-fedora-release:
>  +	mkdir -p $(OUT)
>    #	obtain full Fedora release name and CPE from the system
>    	$(TRANS)/genguidexslt.py $(OUT)/$(FEDORA_GUIDE_XSLT)
>    #	update Fedora/input/guide.xml based on retrieved values
>  -- 1.8.3.1 
It can be annoying to have output/ showup within your git commit 
processes, so we created a persistent output/.gitignore file (which also 
persisted the output/ directory). Perhaps this could be an approach?