Enable using cloned repo as workspace (#1535)

The guide http://docs.ros.org/en/rolling/Installation/Maintaining-a-Source-Checkout.html explains how to manually download the ros2.repos file to maintain a source checkout. Another way to maintain a source checkout is to clone this repository and `git pull` updates to the repos file. This PR makes that alternative a little more convenient. The .gitignore file ignores the default names of folders created by colcon, and the src folder is created with just a .gitkeep file so that `git status` on the repository doesn't try to show the status of subfolders of `src`. Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <[email protected]>
ros2 · Mar 26, 2024 · 5bad2ec · 5bad2ec
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+# Ignore default names for colcon created folders
+build
+install
+log
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+# Ignore everything in src except a .gitkeep file
+src/*
+!src/.gitkeep
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