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by sally1620 1465 days ago
If it is output of some other tool, then it is a build artifact and there is no need to check it in.

I have this argument with people all the time and the conclusion is always like: "it is too hard to integrate the generator with the build system so we check them in".

The big problem with generated files is merge conflicts. How do you resolve a merge conflict on generated files. especially if they are binary.