Remove app pycache files from git
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	Eugene233
	Feb 13 2025, 9:40 AM

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Currently the gitignore does not contain app/__pycache__ which causes the files to be tracked. The application however needs to ignore the files in this directory.

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	Remove app pycache files from git	labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be	main	+1 -0

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Change #1132124 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bovimacoco; author: Bovimacoco):

[labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be@main] T390368 and T386329

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1132124

Change #1132125 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bovimacoco; author: Bovimacoco):

[labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be@main] T386329 and this T390368

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1132125

Change #1132126 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bovimacoco; author: Bovimacoco):

[labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be@main] T386329 and T390368 and T386326

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1132126

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Change #1132161 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bovimacoco; author: Bovimacoco):

[labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be@main] Task=T386329 Rearranging the Readme files

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1132161

Change #1132165 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bovimacoco; author: Bovimacoco):

[labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be@main] T386329 = Remove app pycache files from git

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1132165

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Change #1133587 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bovimacoco; author: Bovimacoco):

[labs/tools/wdaudiolex-be@main] T386329 = Remove app pycache files from git bug: T386329

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1133587

Eugene233 moved this task from Backlog to Review on the Wiki-Mentor-Africa board.Apr 4 2025, 12:55 PM

Thanks for reporting this.

The existing *__pycache__/ rule already ensures that any new files generated when running the Flask script are ignored. However, the issue is that app/__pycache__ was already tracked before this rule was applied.

The best solution would be to delete this directory entirely, so it's removed from Git history. This way, when the folder is created again locally, Git won't track it.

Adding app/__pycache__ to .gitignore won’t change anything since the general rule is already in place.