Hi Gary. On Sunday 23 October 2011, Gary V wrote: > Hi Stefano, > > In practice, I prefer to: > > git status > <save any untracked files I care about> > git clean -f -x -d > ./bootstrap --gnulib-srcdir=../gnulib && ./configure --disable-nls > > This is way faster, but relies on my discretion. Like Jim, I'm leary of > recommending git clean in the README-release incase someone follows it and > deletes an important untracked file by mistake. > I'm with you in this (and that's why I didn't suggest the use of "git clean").
> I think after this pending > patch, README-release offers a safe (if slightly long-winded) recipe for > getting to a clean self-consistent state before bootstrapping in preparation > for a release. > OK. As I said in a previous mail, we are only talking about suggestions in the README here, not mandated or scripted rules, so no big deal. I was just throwing ideas around :-) Regards, Stefano
