Hi Stefano, thanks so much, I will have a look soon (sorry I'm quite busy at the moment).
Cheers Moritz On Saturday, 11 April 2020 10:17:36 UTC+2, Stefano David wrote: > > Hi Moritz, > > > > On Tuesday, 31 March 2020 13:53:12 UTC+2, Moritz Lürig wrote: >> >> Thanks Stefano. I have never used symlinks before - do you have a public >> repo I could have a look at, or point me towards instructions on how I >> would do that? >> >> I don't know about your reason for avoiding duplicate files, but I really >> would like to make the repo as light as possible. Currently the files in my >> docs folder make ~60% of the whole repo size, and having all images as >> duplicates inside docs/_images doesn't help >> > It took a bit long, sorry but I am quite busy this time. I set up an > example github repo that showcases the use of symlinks. I assume it is safe > to publish it here, so, here's the link: > https://github.com/stefanodavid/potential-octo-engine Feel free to fork > it and play with it. > > About the reason for using symlink and avoid duplicate files, the main > (but not the only one) reason is maintenance: if there is some duplicated > content (e.g. description of a feature), you change it in one place and > you're done, insteave of having to remember where the same content is > located. When you deal with complex projects, it is almost inevitable that > you try to save your time for new content that for maintenance of existing > code. > > Best regards, > Stefano > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sphinx-users/5c225562-8554-41e2-924a-ced55479b702%40googlegroups.com.
