Purpose of .hhp? Does source control need to track it?

[Jared Hess]

I understand what the hhp file is inside of an html help system and that it's a necessary file when building a .chm file, but what is it's purpose with RH exactly? Is it a temporary file? Is it regenerated from some other file if it's deleted? I'm assuming at some point it is needed to build my chm output file.

The reason I'm asking is that this file is causing problems in our source control system (we're using mercurial), and I'm wondering if this file really needs to be tracked? From what I've read, it looks like the .hhp file should not need to be tracked by a source control system. Is this correct? If I update to a different branch of source code (thereby updating my documentation to new files) will my project be in jeopardy of not being able to build or losing vital information if it's not tracked?

Thanks for whatever info you can provide.

Jared

RH 7

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[Jared Hess]

Thanks for responding. So, it sounds like these files are to be excluded:

* projectname.cpd
* projectname.pss
* projectname.hhp
* projectname.trl
* ehlpdhtm.js

I was also wondering if someone could provide additional information on the .hhp file as well.

From my earlier post:

"I understand what the hhp file is inside of an html help system and that it's a necessary file when building a .chm file, but what is it's purpose with RH exactly? Is it a temporary file? Is it regenerated from some other file if it's deleted? I'm assuming at some point it is needed to build my chm output file."