Re: can we remove generated files from git?

[Per Bothner]

On 1/3/19 5:39 AM, Gavin Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 01, 2019 at 04:06:33PM -0800, Per Bothner wrote:
> > These files seem to be always out of date:
> >
> >     po/*.po
> >     po_document/*.po
> >     tp/Texinfo/XS/gnulib/m4/*m4
> >
> > This makes 'git status' and 'git diff' a pain.
> >
> > Can we remove them from the git repository, and add them to .gitignore ?
> >
> > There may be other generated files, but they don't change as soon
> > as I try autogen.sh+configure+make.
>
> I didn't have this problem.  I tried configuring in-source to see if I
> could replicate it.  I got some changes to the m4 files, which I've
> committed.  Let's see if that solves the problem.  I couldn't replicate
> the problem with the *.po files.  I've run "make update-po" to see if
> that will make a difference.

I tried again and it's much better.

However:
  ./autogen.sh
  
does results in:
        modified:   tp/Texinfo/XS/config.in
        modified:   tp/Texinfo/XS/gnulib/m4/libtool.m4

These should removed from the repository.

Configure doesn't add any diffs, but make adds:

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        gnulib/lib/langinfo.h

This should be in .gitignore.

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