Re: Hacking on PostgreSQL via GIT

Aidan Van Dyk wrote:

> I've "diffed" a CVS checkout and a git checkout, and the are *almost*
> identical. Almost, because it seems like my git repository currently has 3
> files that a cvs checkout doesn't:
> backend/parser/gram.c |12088 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> interfaces/ecpg/preproc/pgc.c | 2887 ++++++
> interfaces/ecpg/preproc/preproc.c |16988 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> And at this point, I haven't been bothered to see where those files came
> from (and where they dissapear) in CVS and why my import isn't picking that
> up... I could probably be pushed if others find this repo really useful,
> but those files problematic...

These files are generated (from gram.y, pgc.l and preproc.y
respectievly) and are not present in the CVS repo, though I think they
have been at some point.

It's strange that other generated files (that have also been in the repo
in the past) like preproc.h are not showing up.

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