Can `data/input/03_Serialization/` be added to .gitignore?

[paulrougieux]

A model run triggers modification in the package's repository that are tracked by git. On a run using the TiMBA main branch: these files appear changed in the git repository:

On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'ti/main'.

Changes not staged for commit:
  (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
  (use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
        modified:   data/input/03_Serialization/AddInfoContent.pkl
        modified:   data/input/03_Serialization/WorldDataContent.pkl
        modified:   data/input/03_Serialization/WorldPriceContent.pkl

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
        "../TiMBA\\data\\output\\DataContainer_Sc_scenario_input_SSP2v3_2020_2050_new.pkl"

Could data/input/03_Serialization/ be added to .gitignore so that these files are not tracked by git?

This issue might of course not be a problem once data gets a dedicated repository.

[paulrougieux]

Trying to do a branch to prepare data export for CBM. Want to run the model as well. These intermediate input files appearing during the model run as changed in the git repository are distracting from actual changes to the python code.

As a temporary fix, after each run, I will just reset these files in data/input/03_Serialization to their status in main by doing a

git checkout .