`.c4builder` keeps getting updated with every change making it hard to check in to Git

[vithun]

I thought it would be a good idea to have .c4builder checked into version control. That way, other team members all work with the same configuration.

However, this means the file keeps getting updated with every change because of the checksums that get written to it. So everyone needs to remember to commit this file with every change in a different image.

Also checksums seem to vary between operating systems (to be confirmed). I have one anecdotal evidence of my colleague's Windows machine generating a different checksum compared to my Mac.

Can we move the checksums to a separate file that can be safely .gitignored and keep the .c4builder file easy to maintain in version control?

[vithun]

It seems like there was historically a separate file for checksums: bc475c5?w=1

Was there a reason this was moved to the main configuration file?

[vithun]

If you are ok with moving checksums back to a separate file, I can create a PR with the change.

[vithun]

This somehow got closed because I mentioned the issue in a different pull request. Reopening.

[bugfest]

Hi @vithun. I faced the same issue : )

I opened a PR (#72) to keep track of the image checksums in a different file