On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 21:21 -0600, Tommy Reynolds wrote:
> My recommendation is that the "fdp-info-${LANG}.xml" files NOT be
> archived in CVS. They are derivative files and archiving them in CVS
> may mess up the file timestamps such that after a "cvs update" the
> document may not rebuild correctly.
Agreed. Generated files should not be in CVS. Obvious exceptions are
files that are generated in another location, such as graphics.
> I think this is a job for ".cvsignore", to prevent the inadvertent
> archiving of these files:
>
> ========= .cvsignore =============
> fdp-info-*.xml
> ==================================
>
> should do the trick. Then even if an "fdp-info-${LANG}.xml" file
> gets archived, CVS will simply ignore the archived version on updates
> and ignore the local version on commits.
>
> There has been prior resistance to having a ".cvsignore" file in the
> CVS archive itself (although having your own local one is just fine),
> but this may require more thought. I like the idea of having this
> preventative file in CVS.
I don't recall the objections to a .cvsignore file in CVS itself. In
fact, that sounds quite elegant to me. We could put one in all the
modules, populated to start with the fdp-info-*.xml
- Karsten
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