Which directories/files should be excluded when placing a Grails application under version control? I don't want non-source files or artifacts to be carried in SVN for my project.
A:
You should exclude the "test/reports" directory in your root folder. It's also useful to exclude "stacktrace.log".
If you are using JS-Libraries you could think of excluding them too and write a little script for always getting the latest bugfix version. Modern JS-Libraries can be very large and it's not very useful to clutter your VCS with old versions of your frameworks. An exception is a jump to a new major version of a library or a tag. In this case you should definitely keep an old version.
Maximilian Schweitzer
2009-06-05 16:13:03
Disagree with "You should exclude the "test" directory", you'd definitely want unit and integration tests under source control.
John Wagenleitner
2009-06-05 20:40:22
You are right I meant the "test/reports" directory. Already changed it. Thank you.
Maximilian Schweitzer
2009-06-06 07:01:57
+5
A:
here's my .gitignore (it probably contains alot of junk)
.idea/
stacktrace.log
test/reports/
etc/errors.txt
bin-groovy/
.classpath
.project
*.war
web-app/plugins/
web-app/resources/
classes/
test/reports/
Note that this is for grails 1.1.1. (I think before grails 1.1, plugins were stored in /plugins instead of web-app/plugins.
Miguel Ping
2009-06-05 17:53:15
+4
A:
Grails.org has specific instructions on checking your project into SVN.
Ben Williams
2009-06-06 12:10:18