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@@ -96,16 +96,16 @@ the `.gitignore`.
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## Light-weight distribution packages
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-Including the tests and other useless information like .travis.yml in distributed
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-packages is not a good idea.
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+Including the tests and other useless information like .travis.yml in
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+distributed packages is not a good idea.
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-Portable-per-project-configuration `.gitattributes` file is a git specific
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-file like `.gitignore` also living at the root directory of your library.
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-Moreover it overrides local and global configuration (`.git/config` and
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-`~/.gitconfig` respectively) when present and tracked by git.
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+The `.gitattributes` file is a git specific file like `.gitignore` also living
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+at the root directory of your library. It overrides local and global
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+configuration (`.git/config` and `~/.gitconfig` respectively) when present and
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+tracked by git.
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-Use `.gitattributes` to prevent unwanted files from bloating the
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-zip distribution packages.
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+Use `.gitattributes` to prevent unwanted files from bloating the zip
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+distribution packages.
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// .gitattributes
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Tests/ export-ignore
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@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ Test it by inspecting the zip file generated manually:
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git archive branchName --format zip -o file.zip
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-> **Note:** files would be still tracked by git just not included in the distribution. This feature works for packages that have been tagged.
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+> **Note:** files would be still tracked by git just not included in the
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+> distribution. This will only work for GitHub packages installed from
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+> dist (i.e. tagged releases) for now.
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## Publishing to a VCS
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Jordi Boggiano