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On 03/26/2014 02:10 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
> This is an issue that affects all of our git repos. If you are using
> oslo.config, you will likely also be using the sample config generator.
> 
> However, for some reason we are all checking this generated file in.
> This makes no sense, as we humans are not editting it, and it often
> picks up config files from other things like libraries (keystoneclient
> in particular). This has lead to breakage in the gate a few times for
> Heat, perhaps for others as well.
> 
> I move that we all rm this file from our git trees, and start generating
> it as part of the install/dist process (I have no idea how to do
> this..). This would require:
> 
> - rm sample files and add them to .gitignore in all trees
> - Removing check_uptodate.sh from all trees/tox.ini's
> - Generating file during dist/install process.
> 
> Does anyone disagree?

This has been done in Nova, except we don't have it generated during
install.  We just have instructions and a tox target that will do it if
you choose to.

https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova/tree/etc/nova/README-nova.conf.txt

Related, adding instructions to generate without tox:
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/82533/

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Russell Bryant