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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2019-07-24 13:58, Andy Peters wrote:
> > On Jul 23, 2019, at 2:46 PM, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > No this is just a cache of footprint library properties so that we can 
> > index and search footprints without loading them all into memory.  
> > It’s entirely for performance.
>
> User question:
>
> Should the project-level cache file be included in the SCC
> respository, or is it rebuilt as necessary?

Currently the cache file holds both project and global libraries.  Thus 
it leaks your system setup information and should be in your .gitignore 
file for the project.  It is rebuilt when missing.

-S