From 34e82d72945730b4d1ad4d17a7ba6b4d44da549a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sylwester Arabas Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:10:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] instruct GitHub to create empty, instead of incomplete, release tarballs (via .gitattributes) --- .gitattributes | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 .gitattributes diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d945f46b1b --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +# Instructing GitHub to exlude all files from auto-generated release tar/zip-balls. +# These auto-generated release files are incomplete - lacking git submodule contents. +# It is not possible to disable these auto-generated release files, hence at least +# forcing them to be empty to avoid disseminating incomplete tarballs. +# Archives with git submodule contents included are generated by CI workflow and are +# available alongside the auto-generated (emtpy) files on GitHub. + +* export-ignore From 5f97b1684c3dadb924e445a46fef77d7b97e1ce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sylwester Arabas Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:09:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] adjust comment --- .gitattributes | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes index d945f46b1b..e8d6b2913d 100644 --- a/.gitattributes +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -# Instructing GitHub to exlude all files from auto-generated release tar/zip-balls. +# Instructing GitHub to exclude all files from auto-generated release tar/zip-balls. # These auto-generated release files are incomplete - lacking git submodule contents. # It is not possible to disable these auto-generated release files, hence at least -# forcing them to be empty to avoid disseminating incomplete tarballs. -# Archives with git submodule contents included are generated by CI workflow and are -# available alongside the auto-generated (emtpy) files on GitHub. +# forcing them to be empty to avoid disseminating incomplete tarballs. Archives with +# git submodule contents included are available (alongside the empty tar/zip-balls) at: +# https://github.com/wrf-model/WRF/releases * export-ignore