the compilation and installation leave a lot of change files, this is confusing

[amtoine]

when ./building and ./installing the obnc tool, a lot of files are being created and deleted, which messes the git tree and creates a messy work tree...

the state of the modified files

after ./build --c-int-type=long --c-real-type=double

> git status --ignored --short
?? CONFIG
?? bin/obnc
?? bin/obnc-compile
?? bin/obnc-path
?? bin/obncdoc
?? lib/obnc/OBNCConfig.h
?? lib/obnc/OBNCTest
?? src/Config.h
?? src/obnc
?? src/obnc-compile
?? src/obnc-path
?? src/obncdoc
!! lib/obnc/OBNC.o
!! lib/obnc/OBNCTest.o
!! src/Clang.o
!! src/Config.o
!! src/Error.o
!! src/Files.o
!! src/Generate.o
!! src/Maps.o
!! src/ModulePaths.o
!! src/Paths.o
!! src/Range.o
!! src/StackTrace.o
!! src/Table.o
!! src/Time.o
!! src/Trees.o
!! src/Types.o
!! src/Util.o
!! src/lex.yy.o
!! src/obnc-compile.o
!! src/obnc-path.o
!! src/obnc.o
!! src/obncdoc.o
!! src/y.tab.o

and after sudo ./install

> git status --ignored --short
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Files.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Files.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/FilesTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/FilesTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/In.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/In.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0Test.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0Test.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InputTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InputTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Math.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Math.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/MathTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/MathTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Out.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Out.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/OutTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/OutTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Strings.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Strings.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/StringsTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/StringsTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplane.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplane.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplaneTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplaneTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/index.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/style.css
?? CONFIG
?? bin/obnc
?? bin/obnc-compile
?? bin/obnc-path
?? bin/obncdoc
?? lib/obnc/FilesTest
?? lib/obnc/InTest
?? lib/obnc/Input0Test
?? lib/obnc/MathTest
?? lib/obnc/OBNCConfig.h
?? lib/obnc/OBNCTest
?? lib/obnc/OutTest
?? lib/obnc/StringsTest
?? src/Config.h
?? src/obnc
?? src/obnc-compile
?? src/obnc-path
?? src/obncdoc
!! lib/obnc/OBNC.o
!! lib/obnc/OBNCTest.o
!! src/Clang.o
!! src/Config.o
!! src/Error.o
!! src/Files.o
!! src/Generate.o
!! src/Maps.o
!! src/ModulePaths.o
!! src/Paths.o
!! src/Range.o
!! src/StackTrace.o
!! src/Table.o
!! src/Time.o
!! src/Trees.o
!! src/Types.o
!! src/Util.o
!! src/lex.yy.o
!! src/obnc-compile.o
!! src/obnc-path.o
!! src/obnc.o
!! src/obncdoc.o
!! src/y.tab.o

this is quite a mess...

what already works

at that stage of the compilation of obnc, a single ./build clean leaves only the obncdoc files 👌

> ./build clean
> git status --ignored --short
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Files.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Files.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/FilesTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/FilesTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/In.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/In.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0Test.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0Test.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InputTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InputTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Math.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Math.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/MathTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/MathTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Out.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Out.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/OutTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/OutTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Strings.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Strings.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/StringsTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/StringsTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplane.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplane.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplaneTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplaneTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/index.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/style.css

strangely enough, ./build clean-all does not clean these files but adds

 D src/lex.yy.c
 D src/lex.yy.h
 D src/y.tab.c
 D src/y.tab.h

to the git status 🤔
and ./building again leaves the git status below, i.e. it modifies the files again... very confusing 😕

> git status --ignored --short
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Files.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Files.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/FilesTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/FilesTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/In.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/In.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0Test.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Input0Test.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InputTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/InputTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Math.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Math.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/MathTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/MathTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Out.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Out.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/OutTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/OutTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Strings.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/Strings.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/StringsTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/StringsTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplane.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplane.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplaneTest.def
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/XYplaneTest.def.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/index.html
 D lib/obnc/obncdoc/style.css
 M src/lex.yy.c
 M src/lex.yy.h
 M src/y.tab.c
 M src/y.tab.h
?? CONFIG
?? bin/obnc
?? bin/obnc-compile
?? bin/obnc-path
?? bin/obncdoc
?? lib/obnc/OBNCConfig.h
?? lib/obnc/OBNCTest
?? src/Config.h
?? src/obnc
?? src/obnc-compile
?? src/obnc-path
?? src/obncdoc
!! lib/obnc/OBNC.o
!! lib/obnc/OBNCTest.o
!! src/Clang.o
!! src/Config.o
!! src/Error.o
!! src/Files.o
!! src/Generate.o
!! src/Maps.o
!! src/ModulePaths.o
!! src/Paths.o
!! src/Range.o
!! src/StackTrace.o
!! src/Table.o
!! src/Time.o
!! src/Trees.o
!! src/Types.o
!! src/Util.o
!! src/lex.yy.o
!! src/obnc-compile.o
!! src/obnc-path.o
!! src/obnc.o
!! src/obncdoc.o
!! src/y.tab.o

the proposition

• do not track files modified by the ./building
• ignore files created by the ./building and delete them when ./build cleaning the repo

[amtoine]

in order to clean the work tree completely, i need to run

> ./build clean
> git clean -df
> git reset --hard

which is a bit too much each time one wants to clean the local repo 🤔

[amtoine]

NOTE

> ./build clean

is enough to revert a ./build ... without an ./install 👍