773965 - Ignore *.pyc and *.DS_Store files that we do not want

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Add-on SDK Graveyard :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Erik Vold [:erikvold] (please needinfo? me)]

I don't see why we require new contributors to globally ignore *.pyc files and other files that we clearly do not want in our repo, I have three reasons:

1. contributors may actually want *.pyc files in other repos
2. It puts a ugly roadblock in the way of new contributors that may not grok git, and make contributing more painful.
3. When reformat my computers or get a new one, I have to add these ignores to my global ignore, and it's just an annoying step to have to do; I don't see the reason for it.

In bug 597125 Atul said he didn't want to do this, but never gave a good reason for it, zpao agreed that it was a bad idea, but Atul never changed his mind..

Comment 1

[Erik Vold [:erikvold] (please needinfo? me)]

Attachment: Pointer to Github pull request: https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/pull/530

Pointer to Github pull-request

Comment 2

[Erik Vold [:erikvold] (please needinfo? me)]

Attachment: Pointer to Github pull request: https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/pull/530#

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Comment 3

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk

https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/commit/d9bef8b14099e9d6f48564011b20be716c27b6a0
Merge pull request #530 from erikvold/773965

Bug 773965 explicitly ignoring unwanted files r=@ochameau

Comment 4

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to stabilization at https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk

https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/commit/d9bef8b14099e9d6f48564011b20be716c27b6a0
Merge pull request #530 from erikvold/773965

Comment 5

[[github robot]]

Commit pushed to release at https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk

https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk/commit/d9bef8b14099e9d6f48564011b20be716c27b6a0
Merge pull request #530 from erikvold/773965