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Re: [pooma-dev] Re: generated files in CVS
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Jeffrey Oldham |
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Re: [pooma-dev] Re: generated files in CVS |
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Mon, 18 Mar 2002 09:50:41 -0800 |
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Mutt/1.2.5.1i |
On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 09:35:33AM -0800, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> It is generally a bad idea to add generated files to CVS because:
>
> 1. You have to update both the original and the generated file.
>
> 2. People forget.
>
> 3. People update the generated file, but not the original, and their
> changes get overwritten.
>
> Wouldn't it make more sense simply to include these in the distribution
> tarball, but not put them in CVS?
OK. I will reverse these changes.
Jeffrey D. Oldham
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