W package-contains-vcs-control-file

All reports of package-contains-vcs-control-file for the archive. The extended description of this tag is:

The package contains a VCS control file such as .(cvs|git|hg)ignore. Files such as these are used by revision control systems to, for example, specify untracked files it should ignore or inventory files. This file is generally useless in an installed package and was probably installed by accident.

Severity: normal, Certainty: certain

Check: files, Type: binary, udeb

Evolution of the package-contains-vcs-control-file Lintian tag over the past 366 days:

Emitted (non-overridden): 31, overridden: 15, total: 46

The package names link to the relevant maintainer page and the corresponding report for the source package. The links go to the full maintainer report page, which includes info and experimental tags and overridden tags, rather than the default page that shows only errors and warnings.

boinc-server-maker 7.8.1+dfsg-1exp1 (binary)

• usr/share/boinc-server-maker/html/drupal/.gitignore
• usr/share/boinc-server-maker/html/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/contrib/htmlpurifier/.cvsignore
• usr/share/boinc-server-maker/html/drupal/.gitignore
• usr/share/boinc-server-maker/html/drupal/sites/default/boinc/modules/contrib/htmlpurifier/.cvsignore

bowtie-examples 1.2.0+dfsg-1 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/bowtie/examples/genomes/.cvsignore

camlp5 7.01-1 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/camlp5/html/.gitignore
• usr/share/doc/camlp5/html/.gitignore

citadel-webcit 904-dfsg-1 (binary)

• usr/share/citadel-webcit/static/.gitignore
• usr/share/citadel-webcit/static/.gitignore

criu 3.3-1 (binary)

• usr/include/compel/plugins/std/asm/.gitignore

darktable 2.2.5-2 (binary)

• usr/share/darktable/lua/darktable/external/pygy_require/.gitignore

elinks-data 0.12~pre6-12 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/elinks-data/examples/lua/.gitignore

git 1:2.14.1+next.20170819-1 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/git/contrib/workdir/.gitattributes
• usr/share/doc/git/contrib/workdir/.gitattributes

git 1:2.14.1-2 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/git/contrib/workdir/.gitattributes
• usr/share/doc/git/contrib/workdir/.gitattributes

golang-github-dvsekhvalnov-jose2go-dev 1.2-1 (binary)

• usr/share/gocode/src/github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go/.gitignore

golang-github-glacjay-goini-dev 0.0~git20150730-1 (binary)

• usr/share/gocode/src/github.com/glacjay/goini/.gitignore

live-image-cinnamon-desktop 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/cinnamon-desktop/.gitignore

live-image-gnome-desktop 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/gnome-desktop/.gitignore

live-image-kde-desktop 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/kde-desktop/.gitignore

live-image-lxde-desktop 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/lxde-desktop/.gitignore

live-image-mate-desktop 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/mate-desktop/.gitignore

live-image-standard 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/standard/.gitignore

live-image-xfce-desktop 5.0~a5-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/xfce-desktop/.gitignore

node-iconv-lite 0.4.13-2 (binary)

• usr/lib/nodejs/iconv-lite/generation/source-data/.gitignore

open-infrastructure-system-images 20161115-1 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/system-images/base-system/.gitignore
• O usr/share/system-images/container-server/.gitignore
• O usr/share/system-images/gnome-desktop/.gitignore

open-infrastructure-system-images 20161101-lts2-2 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/live/images/base-system/.gitignore
• O usr/share/live/images/container-server/.gitignore
• O usr/share/live/images/gnome-desktop/.gitignore

openms-doc 2.0.0-4 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/openms-doc/code_examples/data/.gitattributes

phamm 0.6.5-1 (binary)

• usr/share/phamm/.gitignore

php-horde-mongo 1.1.0-1 (binary)

• usr/share/php/Horde/Mongo/vendor/alcaeus/mongo-php-adapter/.gitignore
• usr/share/php/Horde/Mongo/vendor/mongodb/mongodb/.gitignore

polymake 3.1-5 (binary)

• usr/share/polymake/resources/jupyter-polymake/.gitignore
• usr/share/polymake/resources/jupyter-polymake/.gitignore

python-pyramid-jinja2-doc 2.7+dfsg-1 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/python-pyramid-jinja2-doc/_themes/.gitignore

staticsite 0.4-1 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/staticsite/example/.gitignore

sugar-browse-activity 201.2-1 (binary)

• usr/share/sugar/activities/Browse.activity/.gitmodules

votca-csg-tutorials 1.3.0-3 (binary)

• usr/share/votca/tutorials/.gitignore

wireguard-tools 0.0.20170810-1 (binary) overridden

• O usr/share/doc/wireguard-tools/examples/extract-keys/.gitignore
• O usr/share/doc/wireguard-tools/examples/extract-keys/.gitignore

yade 2017.01a-9 (binary)

• usr/share/doc/yade/examples/hourglass/.gitignore
• usr/share/doc/yade/examples/hourglass/.gitignore