.cvsignore files

[tuxxer]

On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 21:25 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 18:10 -0700, tuxxer wrote:
> > So it is bad form to 'make html' and include the output in the CVS
> > update?  Or is it completely personal preference?
> 
> No, you definitely should not add the HTML build to CVS.  It's redundant
> since the XML source is already there, and it will almost instantly be
> useless if someone is pulling down the XML source to contribute to it.
> 
> If you don't use a .cvsignore file, you'll get a little message from CVS
> any time you do a "commit," or some other functions.  (Assumption:  the
> tutorial name is "my-tutorial," and it builds English language HTML in
> "my-tutorial-en," as our normal Makefile template would do.)
> 
> ? my-tutorial-en
> 
> If the message bugs you -- and it is a distraction to some -- then you
> can create a .cvsignore file in the same directory as your XML source
> files and your Makefile that reads:
> 
> .cvsignore
> my-tutorial-en
> 
> That makes CVS ignore both the HTML build directory and the .cvsignore
> file itself.  You won't get any weird question-mark messages, and the
> HTML will be excluded from your commits.  As per Tommy's earlier
> comments, you could leave out the line in .cvsignore that reads
> ".cvsignore," and add the .cvsignore to your module so that anyone who
> checks out your module will also have the HTML build dir ignored (since
> the .cvsignore file will come down with the module).
> 
> Clear as mud?

That, I actually understand.  ;-)

Thanks.
-- 
-tuxxer

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