Found .angulardoc.json file in my newly generated Angular project

[orimdominic]

In response to this tweet, I am filing this issue.

I have been generating new Angular projects before now and I have never seen a .angulardoc.json file in the folder in which I generated my Angular project.

Recently, I upgraded my Angular Cli to the following

Angular CLI: 9.0.1
Node: 12.13.0
OS: win32 x64

Angular: 9.0.0
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... router
Ivy Workspace: Yes

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.900.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.900.1
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.900.1
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.900.1
@angular-devkit/core              9.0.1
@angular-devkit/schematics        9.0.1
@angular/cli                      9.0.1
@ngtools/webpack                  9.0.1
@schematics/angular               9.0.1
@schematics/update                0.900.1
rxjs                              6.5.4
typescript                        3.7.5
webpack                           4.41.2

and now when I generate a new project, I see a .angulardoc.json file in the same folder with the folder in which I my project was generated.

The file contains an object with two keys: repoId which has the value of an auto-generated key, and lastSync which has a value of 0 for now.

What is the purpose of this file? Is this a VSCode thing or an Angular thing? Could you also please answer a question I posted on Stackoverflow on this issue?

Thanks

[danvic712]

I have already seen this file when I run my new created project, did you installed a vs code plugin named AngularDoc for Visual Studio Code? I think this file may generated by this plugin, when I uninstall it, it's disappears.

[orimdominic]

Thanks. I checked my extensions for it and found that I do not have the extension installed. I have a colleague (@taiwosunday99) who also has the same issue. In fact, I saw it on his computer first and when I created a new project, I saw it on mine too. He also doesn't have the extension installed.

[agiledigits]

This file was generated from AngularDoc's VSCode extension. Its purpose is to uniquely identify this repo when multiple developers are using the AngularDoc service. It doesn't do anything if it's a standalone project (i.e. the AngularDoc analyzer runs locally).

[orimdominic]

I'm closing the issue because I have come to know what the purpose of the file is, but I still don't understand how it was generated when I don't even have the extension installed.

Thanks.

[Jopie64]

Should it be added to source control? (Git)

[orimdominic]

@Jopie64 I think from what @agiledigits has said, if it is a project being worked on by multiple developers, it should be.