[TYPO3-dev] ExtManager: ignoring files in CVS and .svn subdirectories of an extension

[Dimitri Tarassenko]

Michael,

On 3/17/06, Michael Scharkow <mscharkow at gmx.net> wrote:

> Apart from the fact that the ext is essentially a five-minute-hack, and
> does not work with the new EM, where else would you remove the files
> other than on upload? It's no use to put the whole .svn or CVS stuff in
> the tarballs on TER.

You could also ignore them when you look at the extension details and
it shows all of them in red color as changed/new.

> The only problem with that concept was that on
> updating your dotfiles are lost because the old EM deletes/installs
> instead of updating the files.

This is hardly a problem - the extension with such hidden files is
typically the one *I* am developing myself, so I am very unlikely to
update it from TER - it's usually the other way around.

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Dimitri Tarassenko