Re: [Gpsbabel-misc] Tracked files modified by compilation or configuration

[Greg T. <gd...@ir...>]

Dr Rainer Woitok <rai...@gm...> writes:

> Robert,
>
> On Sunday, 2016-07-10 15:17:12 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> We version control ALL the files we distribute, which does include some
>> that are generated.
>
> I dare say "not true":
>
>    $ grep exe .gitignore 
>    /gpsbabel.exe
>    $
>
> At least I hope "gpsbabel.exe" is part of your distributions.  But it is
> not part of the repository for obvious reasons.   And for the same obvi-
> ous reasons other files  generated in the  configuration  or compilation
> process should not be part of the repository, even though they of course
> have to be part of any distribution.

I really hope OS-specific files are not part of the source distribution.....


FWIW, I'm in the "don't put generated files in a VCS" camp.   That's
what "make dist" in automake is for.