Re: [package-vc] Consider cleaning up files from install process

[Philip Kaludercic]

Joseph Turner <joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in> writes:

>> > For example, when following these instructions to install hyperdrive.el:
>> > https://ushin.org/hyperdrive/hyperdrive-manual.html#package_002dvc
>> >
>> > the git repository ends up with these extra untracked files:
>> >
>> > dir
>> > hyperdrive-autoloads.el
>> > hyperdrive-pkg.el
>> > hyperdrive.info
>
>> Please report this as a bug in the Hyperdrive repository: its
>> `.gitignore` should be adjusted to ignore those files.
>
> Good to know. We have updated the hyperdrive.el .gitignore.
>
> Are all package authors are expected to add these files to .gitignore
> (or equivalent in other VCS)?  If so, we should probably put a notice in
> the package-vc documentation or somewhere else.  What do you suggest?

This is not related to package-vc, it is also the recommended practice
for regular ELPA packages.

> Thank you!
>
> Joseph