On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:15 AM, Mark Larson (Google)<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Should have been no problem, but... because the new directory
>> contained a gyp file, a file was generated in that directory,
>> and svn couldn't delete the directory when the revert landed.
>> This caused a build breakage, and I gather from nsylvain's
>> comments that this wasn't the first time this has happened.
>>
>> At some point soon, it'd be good to teach gyp not to generate
>> files in the source tree.
>
> Or maybe teach gclient how to deal forcefully with directories with no files
> under version control.

That's kind of, um, forceful.  svn doesn't do that for a reason...

> Generating files in the source tree is kinda the point of gyp.

No.  Generating files is the point of gyp.  Nothing says they have to
be in the source tree.
- Dan

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