Robert Pluim wrote:
> Max Bowsher writes:
> > Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> > > --On Monday, June 16, 2003 5:34 PM +0100 Max Bowsher <maxb@ukf.net>
wrote:
> > >
> > >> I find that I use --no-ignore about 10 times more often than any
other
> > long
> > >> option for any program (rough, but conservative estimate).
> > >
> > > What exactly are you doing that requires such usage
f --no-ignore? --
> > justin
> >
> > Checking for and/or purging generated files, to restore a tree to an
> > as-checked-out state.
>
> In that case it might be better to build in a different directory than
> your source[1], in which case your cleanup tool becomes 'rm'.
>
> Robert
>
> Footnotes:
> [1] If your build env supports it of course ;-)
And there, of course, is the issue.
You cannot, for example, have autoconf/automake/libtool put their files into
a seperate tree. Generated .c files (e.g. bison) usually get put in the
source tree as well.
Fortunately subversion provides a way to clean up - it's just rather long to
type!
Max.
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Received on Wed Jun 18 09:14:15 2003