From: Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>,
Emacs Devel Mailing List <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:54:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53033407-D35F-4792-B1A2-2375DA8212C2@breatheoutbreathe.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mswyh0o4.fsf@posteo.net>
On October 4, 2023 8:23:07 AM PDT, Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> wrote:
>Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in> writes:
>
>>> > For example, when following these instructions to install hyperdrive.el:
>>> > https://ushin.org/hyperdrive/hyperdrive-manual.html#package_002dvc
>>> >
>>> > the git repository ends up with these extra untracked files:
>>> >
>>> > dir
>>> > hyperdrive-autoloads.el
>>> > hyperdrive-pkg.el
>>> > hyperdrive.info
>>
>>> Please report this as a bug in the Hyperdrive repository: its
>>> `.gitignore` should be adjusted to ignore those files.
>>
>> Good to know. We have updated the hyperdrive.el .gitignore.
>>
>> Are all package authors are expected to add these files to .gitignore
>> (or equivalent in other VCS)? If so, we should probably put a notice in
>> the package-vc documentation or somewhere else. What do you suggest?
>
>This is not related to package-vc, it is also the recommended practice
>for regular ELPA packages.
Would you mind sharing a link to this recommendation? I searched the Emacs/Elisp info manuals as well as the ELPA README.
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Joseph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-04 18:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-04 8:31 [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process Joseph Turner
2023-10-04 15:23 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-04 18:54 ` Joseph Turner [this message]
2023-10-06 9:00 ` Philip Kaludercic
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2023-10-04 8:22 Joseph Turner
2023-10-04 8:11 Joseph Turner
2023-09-19 7:24 Joseph Turner
2023-09-19 9:03 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-19 12:19 ` Adam Porter
2023-09-19 13:50 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-19 14:34 ` Adam Porter
2023-09-20 8:13 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-10-07 7:52 ` Adam Porter
2023-10-07 13:31 ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-09-20 12:13 ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.
2023-09-20 12:08 ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.
2023-09-20 12:03 ` Stefan Monnier via Emacs development discussions.
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