George Dunlap writes ("Re: [PATCH 5/5] gitignore: Ignore golang package
directory"):
> [explanation]
Sounds quite tangled...
> Nick, any opinions?
...
> > Is there not a risk that humans will try to edit it ?
Anyway ISTM that you have definitely considered this so
Acked-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com>
assuming that and Nick convince yourselves you've addressed this
possible issue.
> I suppose someone might. If we decide we want to support older versions of
> go, we probably want to figure something out there. Options:
>
> 1. Copy the files to a temp directory instead. This is complicated because
> we have to find a good temp directory, and we’d have to copy them every time,
> slowing down the incremental build (though not that much).
I don't think that helps much.
> 2. Put a file in the generated directory like “GENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT”.
>
> 3. Put them in tools/golang/GENERATED_DO_NOT_EDIT/src instead.
Do they not have a header comment saying DO NOT EDIT ?
3 is pretty ugly. I'll leave it up to you whether to bother with 2.
Thanks,
Ian.
