From 243a322aed4e0af0aef4ef576757efd8701909d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lkcl Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 23:13:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- HDL_workflow.mdwn | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/HDL_workflow.mdwn b/HDL_workflow.mdwn index 398768c55..3340665da 100644 --- a/HDL_workflow.mdwn +++ b/HDL_workflow.mdwn @@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ for actual code development: **do not** add the actual output of **any** command to the repository. ever. this is really important. even if it is a human-readable file rather than a binary object file. + it is very common to add pdfs (the result of running latex2pdf) or configure.in (the result of running automake), they are an absolute nuisance and interfere hugely with git diffs, as well as waste hard disk space *and* network bandwidth. don't do it. * if the command needed to create any given autogenerated output is not currently in the list of known project dependencies, first consult on the list if it is okay to make that command become a hard dependency of -- 2.30.2