From a72734d11cd648bafdfc19ac5e882fd0308d67d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:46:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add to dev notes --- 3d_gpu/devnotes.mdwn | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/3d_gpu/devnotes.mdwn b/3d_gpu/devnotes.mdwn index 96214deae..b66cbe1c2 100644 --- a/3d_gpu/devnotes.mdwn +++ b/3d_gpu/devnotes.mdwn @@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ Output that is created from another command must not, with very very few exceptions, be added to the repository. The reason is simple: each time a source file is modified, the auto-generated (compiled) output **also** changes. If those changes are added -to the repository, they become confused with the source code. -If they are **not** added to the repository, the source and its -auto-generated output become out-of-sync. +to the repository, they become confused with the source code (a git +diff will show *both* the source *and* changes to the auto-generated +output). If they are **not** added to the repository, the source and +its auto-generated output become out-of-sync. **Either way is bad**. -- 2.30.2