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chris01
chris01

Reputation: 12377

Git: file handling, sources vs. output

I have a question about Git and the best strategy to handle source-files vs. output-files (a file that is rebuildable with the sources).

Lets say I have some source-files and also some output-files (e.g. the product of a compiler; generated makefiles).

Normally I would say I only want to have the sources in my repo.

Today I see the following ways to handle it.

a) Manually pick every sourcefile with git-add. But thats a lot of work compared to git-add *.

b) Go easy and git-add anything (. or *). But then the sources are in the repo too. Also possible to have a modified file but no source changed (e.g. a output-file with a timestamp included).

c) Set .gitinore to exclude output-files. That can be also some work because in some project there are a lot of different forms of them.

d) Set .gitignore to ignore all but whiltelist the sources. I think thats less work than §c. But with the danger to miss something if not on the watch.

So what do you think is the best way OR a common strategy? Thanks!

Chris

Upvotes: 0

Views: 47

Answers (1)

GPS
GPS

Reputation: 1382

a.

Its a one time activity.

Its extremely simplified if your build system has a clean option.

Upvotes: 1

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