Re: remove generated files

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Jim,

* Jim Meyering wrote on Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 01:46:47PM CEST:
> +* Requirements
> +
> +We've opted to keep only the highest-level sources in the GIT repository.
> +This eases our maintenance burden, (fewer merges etc.), but imposes more
> +requirements on anyone wishing to build from the just-checked-out sources.
> +For example, you have to use the latest stable versions of the maintainer
> +tools we depend upon, including:
> +
> +- Autoconf <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>
> +- Automake <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>
> +- Gzip <http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/>
> +- Perl <http://www.cpan.org/>
> +- Rsync <http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/>
> +- Tar <http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/>

Sorry if I'm too dense to see it right now, but why are gzip, rsync, and
tar needed to build off a git Autoconf tree?  Merely as dependencies of
git?  In that case, aren't there other transports as well?

Thanks,
Ralf