Scripts to make KiCad files more git friendly.
One problem with some KiCad files is that they contain time stamps inside. It means that every time you generate one of these files you'll get changes, even when the important content didn't change. This could be very annoying when using revision tools like git.
This isn't really needed if you can trust the time stamp of the files. When using git you can easily find the exact time stamp for a commit. This is not the same as the time when the file was actually created, but is quite similar. In projects where this difference is tolerable and you don't want to commit tons of ridiculous changes you can filter these time stamps.
This script configures git to store the files with a marker instead of the time stamp. When you check-out the project the markers are replaced by the actual time stamp. If you need to know the real time stamp you must consult it using git. Note that files that you created mantain the original time stamp.
- Gerbers
- Gerber Jobs
- XML BoMs
- BoM CSVs from KiBoM
- BoM HTMLs from KiBoM
- Netlists
- PCBs
This is a Python 3.x script, only standard modules are used.
To install the script run (as root):
# make install
The scripts will be copied to /usr/local/bin. If you want to install the scripts in /usr/bin run
# make prefix=/usr install
Note: if you are using Debian, or some derived distro like Ubuntu, you can find a Debian package in the releases section.
- This script is strongly based on Jesse Vincent work.
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