* Jan Safranek <[email protected]> [2009-04-01 12:37:05]:
> Balbir Singh wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see several generated files merged as part of the new automake
>> changes. I want to remove all generated files, unless someone speaks
>> up and mentions why we need them.
>
> I have seen some projects which put generated stuff in git/SVN/whatever
> and I have also seen some which do not have it there.
>
> Reasons for having it inside:
>
> - everyone uses the same version of generated files, builds are
> reproducible. Without it, developers would use different versions of
> automake/autoconf/libtool and might eventually get different results. I
> admit there is very low probability that it happens.
>
> - you do not need to have autotools installed, if you do not modify
> Makefiles (i.e. add new files to the project)
>
> Reasons against:
> - it bloats git, especially patches which add new files
>
> Personally I am slightly inclined to have the generated files in git,
> but I won't mind if we pull them out.
The biggest issue, I see is that everytime I run autoreconf, I see a
huge git diff. Why do I run autoreconf, well I updated a .am file and
I need it to be reflected into the build.
--
Balbir
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