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2012 Aug 27
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Hidden files in source packages
R-devel has been warning for some time about hidden files (in the Unix 
sense, starting with a period) in source packages.   We could get R CMD 
build and the CRAN incoming scripts to remove these *if* we knew that 
they were never needed.
It seems clear that
.Rapp.history
.Rhistory
.Rbuildindex.xxxxx
inst/doc/.build.timestamp
are R leftovers,
._.DS_store
is from an Apple filesystem and
.tex .log .aux .pdf .png
are junk (as file names, not extensions).
However, is there ever any reason for any of
.Renviron
.Rprofile
.Rproj.user
.backups
.cvsignore
.cproject
.directory
.dropbox
.exrc...