Re: Files not .gitignored when contributing to Guix

[Efraim Flashner]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 02:19:35PM -0500, Julien Lepiller wrote:
> Le 17 janvier 2020 13:57:56 GMT-05:00, EuAndreh via <address@hidden> a écrit :
> >Hi Guix!
> >
> >When running the setup steps to prepare a patch, I find myself with a
> >dirty repository of changed files. Is this expected behaviour?
> >
> >I couldn't find guidance regarding that on the manual or the mailing
> >list archives (only a similar issue[0]), and I wonder if is there a way
> >to avoid it, or should I just get used to it? Is there something
> >missing
> >for things being this way that I didn't get yet?
> >
> >The output of make spits some warning regarding outdated .po files. If
> >the dirty files are generated, should they even be commited in the
> >repository if they are derived data? Looking at the diff, it confirms
> >this hypothesis: the diff of the .po files contain mostly generated
> >translation strings and timestamps.
> >
> >The setup steps I use are:
> >--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >cd $GUIX_REPO
> >git clean -ffdx
> >guix environment guix --ad-hoc help2man git strace
> >./bootstrap
> >./configure --localstatedir=/var
> >make
> >--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> >At the end the dirty files are:
> >--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >$ git status
> >Sur la branche master
> >Modifications qui ne seront pas validées :
> >(utilisez "git add <fichier>..." pour mettre à jour ce qui sera validé)
> >(utilisez "git restore <fichier>..." pour annuler les modifications
> >dans le répertoire de travail)
> >        modifié :         po/guix/cs.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/da.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/de.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/eo.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/es.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/fr.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/hu.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/pl.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/pt_BR.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/sr.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/sv.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/vi.po
> >        modifié :         po/guix/zh_CN.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/da.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/de.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/eo.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/es.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/fr.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/hu.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/pl.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/pt_BR.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/sr.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/vi.po
> >        modifié :         po/packages/zh_CN.po
> >
> >aucune modification n'a été ajoutée à la validation (utilisez "git add"
> >ou "git commit -a")
> >--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
> >I'm looking to a better way to handle this situation (that I find a bit
> >of a nuisance right now) or maybe just an explanation behind the way
> >things currently are.
> >
> >Thanks :)
> >EuAndreh
> >
> >[0]:
> >https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-12/msg00387.html
> 
> You should do "git checkout po" after your first make. You won't be annoyed 
> by that anymore afterwards.
> 

IIRC the reason for having it this way is if the .po files are added to
.gitignore then it messes with the guix snapshots and releases.
Unfortunately I don't remember more than that.

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