[PDK-1211] PDK update/convert ignore's .gitattribute file Created: 2018/11/02  Updated: 2018/11/29  Resolved: 2018/11/26

Status: Closed
Project: Puppet Development Kit
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: PDK 1.8.0

Type: Bug Priority: Normal
Reporter: David Swan Assignee: Tim Sharpe
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: resolved-issue-added
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

PDK 1.7.1

Template:
Method Found: Needs Assessment
Release Notes: Bug Fix
Release Notes Summary: Fixes an issue where the .gitattributes file was not being managed by PDK.
QA Risk Assessment: Needs Assessment

 Description   

I was reviewing a PR for apt when I noticed that it was for the .gitattributes file which, to my knowledge, should have been managed by the PDK.
Upon examining the file I noticed that it also contained the managed by ModuleSync message at the top of it that should have been automatically stripped out when we swapped over.
I then altered the .gitattribute file of my local copy of stdlib and ran PDK update to see what would happen only for my change to be ignored. I repeated my experiment with the PDK convert command and a local copy of apt.

 Comments   
Comment by Tim Sharpe [ 2018/11/04 ]

Yeah, .gitattributes was chosen to be managed at initialisation time only, so PDK update and convert won't touch it if it already exists. I think it's worth starting a discussion around whether we should change this behaviour.

Comment by David Swan [ 2018/11/05 ]

I think it would be better to keep it updated. We've had a change to the template for the file so know all the modules are out of date with it.

Comment by Bryan Jen [ 2018/11/14 ]

We can move the .gitattributes file to the moduleroot and have it actively managed.

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