Re: Files to keep in a control versioning system

[Warren Young]

Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Which files of a autotools project should be kept in a control
> versioning system?

IMHO, nothing generated goes in the repository.  Ever.  If that means 
some developers are using different tools to generate these files and so 
get different results, that's a good thing: it exposes platform 
assumptions, which always need to be fixed or documented.  If your users 
can't figure out how to bootstrap the build, checking generated files 
into the system to help them out amounts to ignoring these platform issues.

I don't mean to imply that bootstrapping a build system is always easy. 
 Just that the necessary tools and procedures be documented, and as 
wide a range of tool versions be allowed as is practical.