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vectorgraphics / asymptote

2D & 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language
https://asymptote.sourceforge.io/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Building in git repository creates lots of generated files that is not ignored by .gitignore #422

Closed user202729 closed 4 months ago

user202729 commented 5 months ago 
git clone https://github.com/vectorgraphics/asymptote
cd asymptote
./autogen.sh 
./configure --enable-gc=system --prefix=/usr --enable-gl --enable-texlive-build --enable-offscreen
make
git status

Result:

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        LspCpp/CMakeCache.txt
        LspCpp/CMakeFiles/
        LspCpp/Makefile
        LspCpp/cmake_install.cmake
        LspCpp/third_party/uri/CMakeFiles/
        LspCpp/third_party/uri/Makefile
        LspCpp/third_party/uri/cmake_install.cmake
        LspCpp/third_party/uri/src/CMakeFiles/
        LspCpp/third_party/uri/src/Makefile
        LspCpp/third_party/uri/src/cmake_install.cmake
        base/webgl/asygl.js
        v3dheadertypes.py
        v3dtypes.py

I'm not sure why these files are auto-generated and not ignored.

johncbowman commented 4 months ago

These autogenerated files are not ignored simply because they do not appear in .gitignore. Patches for such obvious improvements are always welcome.