Re: [Fwd: ignoring ID]

[Laine Stump]

"Trott, David" <address@hidden> writes:

> For various reasons (such as external vendors only releasing binaries) we
> use CVS to control .class files, other people may wish to store other binary
> files in CVS.
> 
> It may cause a problem for some people if these binary files were added to
> the ignore list.

That can be said for every type of file already on the ignore list as
well. That's what the -I ! option is for. I think the idea is to get
things on there that are normally generated as a part of the build
process; if you've got things that aren't built locally but are on the
list, then you need to be aware of it and take appropriate action.

(P.S. - maybe there should be a "-I-" counterpart to "-I", which would
mean "*Don't* ignore files matching the following pattern". This way
somebody who wanted to "pay attention to" a single file type could
just do, eg "-I- *.class", rather than "-I ! -I *.lib -I *.o -I *~
...."

> David
> 
> "Larry Jones" <address@hidden> wrote in message
> news:<address@hidden>...
> > Derek R. Price writes:
> > > 
> > > Is there a policy on adding file names to the default ignore list?
> > 
> > Not really, and it does seem to be a bit dated.  In addition to ID as
> > suggested by Assar Westerlund, Pavel Roskin submitted a patch on 30 Jan
> > 2001 that proposed adding:
> > 
> >     .deps                Automake
> >     .depend              Linux, MC and possibly others
> >     .libs                Libtool
> >     *.gz                 Gzip
> >     *.bz2                Bzip2
> >     *.flags              Linux
> >     *.la                 Libtool
> >     *.lo                 Libtool
> > 
> > and I'd also suggest adding:
> > 
> >     *.lib                DOS/Windows library
> >     *.dll                DOS/Windows dynamic load library
> >     *.sl                 HP-UX sharable library
> >     *.class              Java binary
> >     *.backup             Misc backup file
> >     *.dvi                TeX output
> >     *.info*              GNU info file
> > 
> > Perhaps a discussion on info-cvs is in order to see what people think
> > about these or other additions?
> > 
> > -Larry Jones