From 46fbccf71123a96497d84251bdd31b17afe2ec8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard de Boer <git@tubul.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:39:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tell git to ignore modified `apps.json` when running
 create_apps.json.sh

Only if no arguments given: `create_apps_json.sh apps.json` will leave
it alone if someone really wants to overwrite+commit apps.json.
---
 bin/create_apps_json.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bin/create_apps_json.sh b/bin/create_apps_json.sh
index d61f7afe1..dd883b22a 100755
--- a/bin/create_apps_json.sh
+++ b/bin/create_apps_json.sh
@@ -36,3 +36,13 @@ for app in apps/*/; do
   fi
 done
 echo "]" >> "$outfile"
+
+if [ -z "$1"]; then
+  # Running with no arguments: prevent accidental commit of modified apps.json.
+  # You can use `create_apps.json.sh apps.json` if you really want to both
+  # overwrite and still commit apps.json
+  git update-index --skip-worktree apps.json
+  echo "Told git to ignore modified apps.json."
+  # If you want to unignore it, use
+  #   'git update-index --no-skip-worktree apps.json'
+fi
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