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Re: Non-source files in CVS
Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> Jost Boekemeier wrote:
>
> > Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de> writes:
> >
> > > I think we can use `$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore' and leave .cvsignore
> > > to the user. It looks like Guile has its own repository, so it should
> > > be no major problem that `$CVSROOT/CVSROOT/cvsignore' is
> > > per-repository and not per-module.
>
> That sounds like a fine idea to me. Does cvs merge that file with
> `.cvsignore', or does `.cvsignore' strictly take precedence?
It merges the two. In a sense .cvsignore does take precedence because
you can reset the list of ignored files to be empty (with a `!') and
thus wipe out the effects of CVSROOT/cvsignore. This is explained in
the docs.
> > If not, how can you tell the users which files are created
> > by the build process and should be ignored?
Hmm, your .cvsignore files do not need to be accurate. Just put any
file in it that annoys you.