On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 07:06:18AM -0600, Warren Young wrote: > On May 22, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Andy Goth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 5/22/2016 3:22 PM, Ron W wrote: > >> The build > >> systems "knows" how to clean up files it creates. Any other files not > >> managed by the VCS are the responsibility of the user. > > > > It's also my preference that the build system account for 100% of its > > generated files and know how to clean them up. But I rarely get the > > chance to do the build system or beat it into shape. So I'm happy to > > have a version control system that can also handle the job. > > I wouldn’t mind seeing all but “extras” go away. You should be able > to run your build system’s clean command, then run “fossil extras” to > learn what files your build system still needs to be told about.
Having to clean the build before finding out what potential new files exist is extremely unfriendly... Joerg _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users

