Re: [Monotone-devel] cannot drop non-empty directory during branch update

[Chad Walstrom]

Zack Weinberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> GCC can't be built except in a separated build directory setup, and
> the *other* fun part is making sure that the normal build process
> never writes to the source directory (people actually use unwritable
> source directories with GCC builds)

Not a bad idea, really.

> but nonetheless the in-repository generated files get copied back to
> the source directory.

Heathens!  String em up!

> Oh, and then there's the generated files that aren't in the repo but
> are in the tarball...

Normal operating procedure, I assure you. ;-)

> It's all a big nuisance and really "no generated files anywhere in the
> repo *or* the tarballs" would be better, but that's not the world
> we've got.

Agreed, but we change the world, one build at a time. :)