This is in a download from web2py.com -- specifically, the "Source code" download from http://www.web2py.com/init/default/download.
Interestingly, gluon/packages/dal/.git is a file rather than a directory. It contains this: gitdir: ../../../.git/modules/gluon/packages/dal All the best, Giles On Tuesday, 1 November 2016 13:25:51 UTC, Richard wrote: > > Do you download from Github or web2py.com? The later you shouldn't have > this issue... If you get web2py from git, it normal that you have .git/ for > web2py and for dal as dal have been extract from web2py and is a project of > it own so it is include in the web2py repository as a submodule. > > Richard > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Giles Thomas <giles....@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Someone pointed out to us that web2py has a .git file in >> gluon/packages/dal/.git. This can cause errors when you try to initialize >> your project as a git repo. Is there a specific reason for it to be >> there? Or is it an artefact of the packaging procedure? We're considering >> removing it from the source that we install for users on PythonAnywhere, >> but wanted to check first to make sure that we're not going to break >> anything or cause problems for our users. >> >> >> All the best, >> >> Giles >> -- >> Giles Thomas <gi...@pythonanywhere.com <javascript:>> >> >> PythonAnywhere: Develop and host Python from your browser >> <https://www.pythonanywhere.com/> >> >> A product from PythonAnywhere LLP >> 17a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1M 5RD, UK >> VAT No.: GB 893 5643 79 >> Registered in England and Wales as company number OC378414. >> Registered address: 28 Ely Place, 3rd Floor, London EC1N 6TD, UK >> >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.