From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonathan Rockway Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What are those .gitignore files doing in the CVS? Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:42:33 -0600 Message-ID: <87myd08106.fsf@bar.jrock.us> References: <877i46dy05.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87vdrpdeb7.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87eiyddb73.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233933038 7700 80.91.229.12 (6 Feb 2009 15:10:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 15:10:38 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 06 16:11:53 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LVSMi-0005bG-QA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:11:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40328 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVSLP-0005rU-KW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:10:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVLMK-0005AX-Qw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:42:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LVLMI-0005AL-5l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:42:43 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33465 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LVLMH-0005AI-W4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:42:42 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:18442) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVLMH-0006Sh-Jj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:42:41 -0500 Original-Received: from dsl092-134-091.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.134.91] helo=bar.jrock.us) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LVLMG-0004ob-J9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:42:40 -0500 Original-Received: by bar.jrock.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 906FCF80CA; Fri, 6 Feb 2009 01:42:33 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <87eiyddb73.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (Miles Bader's message of "Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:38:56 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:108816 Archived-At: * On Wed, Feb 04 2009, Miles Bader wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: >> So, as long as the mirror is only one-way I don't see a need for those >> files to appear in the CVS. > > I certainly don't want to spend the time setting up a complicated > infrastructure for 4 very small files; if somebody else does it, great, > whatever. > > But until somebody _does_ do it, there's obviously a reason for those > files to be in CVS. They are useful, and do not have a negative impact. I agree here. I think most people just want to get the source code via their favorite method, hack a bit, and then be able to get a clean "stat" or "diff". It is definitely messy to have .gitignore, .bzrignore, .whateverignore files all over the place... but the reality is that it isn't *all that* messy, and it makes it easy for someone to clone the repository and be able to write code in a comfortable environment. I think making contributing easy outweighs the cost of a few ugly files in the repository. Anyway, since I use Git, I appreciate the addition of .gitignore to the repository. Regards, Jonathan Rockway -- print just => another => perl => hacker => if $,=$"