My question wasn't very clear... As Giles, summarised, why is .git file in
gluon/packages/dal/  in the stable download package available over
web2py.com ?

Richard

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Giles Thomas <giles.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:

> @Niphlod -- the confusing thing for me is that the .git file is present in
> the source download from the web2py website.  It makes perfect sense that
> it's present when you do a git checkout, but not when you've downloaded a
> zip file.
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Giles
>
>
> On Wednesday, 2 November 2016 11:02:18 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>
>> uhm ... what ?
>>
>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 7:10:16 PM UTC+1, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree with you Simone, but should it stay there in the build for pydal
>>> only?
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> it's perfectly normal as pydal is a subrepo (it's in the readme, too)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 5:43:44 PM UTC+1, Giles Thomas wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, Richard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding why -- I'm talking about the version that will be installed
>>>>> by default when someone creates a web2py app on the hosting platform my
>>>>> company provides, PythonAnywhere -- which would also affect the version
>>>>> used by the "Try it now online" link on the front page of
>>>>> www.web2py.com.  I agree that doing version control the web2py way is
>>>>> probably more sensible than making the whole web2py folder a git repo, but
>>>>> if people do want to follow the git route, it would be better if we didn't
>>>>> have that "trap" in there for them :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Giles
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, 1 November 2016 16:13:22 UTC, Richard wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry, you right in there is gluon/packages/dal/.git, I thought you
>>>>>> were speaking of a .git/ folder at the root of web2py which there is 
>>>>>> not...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I guess you can delete it if it cause problem, but if you have issue
>>>>>> with it, it means you try to init you git repo over the entire web2py
>>>>>> folder?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why don't you just version control your app? which is what we usually
>>>>>> do...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Giles Thomas <giles....@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The one labelled "For normal users", so presumably stable.  The
>>>>>>> VERSION file says:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Version 2.14.6-stable+timestamp.2016.05.10.00.21.47
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Giles
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 1 November 2016 14:48:03 UTC, Richard wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Nightly or stable? I don't have it in my last build 2.14.6 I
>>>>>>>> think...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Giles Thomas <giles....@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is in a download from web2py.com -- specifically, the
>>>>>>>>> "Source code" download from http://www.web2py.com/ini
>>>>>>>>> t/default/download.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Interestingly, gluon/packages/dal/.git is a file rather than a
>>>>>>>>> directory.  It contains this:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> gitdir: ../../../.git/modules/gluon/packages/dal
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Giles
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 1 November 2016 13:25:51 UTC, Richard wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you download from Github or web2py.com? The later you
>>>>>>>>>> shouldn't have this issue... If you get web2py from git, it normal 
>>>>>>>>>> that you
>>>>>>>>>> have .git/ for web2py and for dal as dal have been extract from 
>>>>>>>>>> web2py and
>>>>>>>>>> is a project of it own so it is include in the web2py repository as a
>>>>>>>>>> submodule.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Giles Thomas <giles....@gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Someone pointed out to us that web2py has a .git file in
>>>>>>>>>>> gluon/packages/dal/.git.  This can cause errors when you try to 
>>>>>>>>>>> initialize
>>>>>>>>>>> your project as a git repo.  Is there a specific reason for it to be
>>>>>>>>>>> there?  Or is it an artefact of the packaging procedure?  We're 
>>>>>>>>>>> considering
>>>>>>>>>>> removing it from the source that we install for users on 
>>>>>>>>>>> PythonAnywhere,
>>>>>>>>>>> but wanted to check first to make sure that we're not going to break
>>>>>>>>>>> anything or cause problems for our users.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Giles
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