Re: [gambit-list] Separating generated files? (Re: Mercurial -> git)

From: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date: Oct 15, 2008, 16:42 UTC
Message-ID: <48F61D77.3080100@drmicha.warpmail.net>
In-Reply-To: <vpqiqrt3mgs.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy venit, vidit, dixit 15.10.2008 17:30:

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> "Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> The idea of using two separate repositories for source and generated
>> source is interesting. I would like to bring this to git mailing list,
>> they may provide insightul comments for your idea or even other
>> approaches.
> 
> I think the first question is: do you (and why) need to use a version
> control system for generated files?

I guess we can take "yes" for granted for the first part ;) As for the why: In cases like this one it's interesting to compare (read: diff) the output generated by different versions of the input.

I wonder whether a clever use of "excludes" and GIT_DIR would allow tracking the different filesets in the same dir, but using different repos. I'm just afraid it's a fragile setup, in the sense that it relies on config stuff which is not tracked (and thus not reproduced automatically on clone).

Michael