What I mean - I wouldn't mind commiting gnulib stuff to VCS, but only
if I can omit files generated by autoreconf.
FWIW, that is exactly what I do for Texinfo. It helps my contributors
to not spend time dealing with gnulib, and it helps me because it avoids
gnulib-skew differences between me and my contributors.
Of course, you have to be careful not to commit (and to .vcignore) the
files generated by make, such as lib/foo.h when lib/foo.in.h exists.
Feel free to peruse the Texinfo source repo
(https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group=texinfo) if you're interested.
>From reading the manual, I got the impression that it is strictly the
either-or approach,
I think the manual (node "VCS Issues") could mention this "middle road"
as a possibility. As far as I can see, you are correct that it only
describes the all-or-nothing approach now.
If the idea acceptable to the other gnulib folks, I could try to write a
patch for it.
Best,
Karl
