Builder leaves temporary ctags files on disk
Affected version
- Nightly flatpak: No
- Other: gnome-builder-46.0-1.fc40 (hopefully close enough to nightly?)
Steps to reproduce
I don't have steps to reproduce, but it happens often enough when working with WebKit (git clone https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit.git
)
Current behavior
When using Builder to work on WebKit, Builder occasionally leaves stray ctags temporary files behind. These files are always in the LayoutTests directory and never anywhere else:
LayoutTests/fast/text/text-styles/tags.1IQSFd
LayoutTests/fast/text/text-styles/tags.PgUrmS
LayoutTests/fast/text/text-styles/tags.ScKk1y
LayoutTests/fast/text/text-styles/tags.oX9o6m
Expected behavior
Ideally, clean up temporary files when no longer needed or when quitting Builder. But alternatively, create them under /tmp instead, so I don't notice them and don't have to clean them manually if the files do get leaked by accident.
Additional information
This is not a recent regression; it's been happening for many years. I've just been very slow to report it.
The stray files will never get deleted unless I delete them manually.
I haven't figured out what causes the stray files to get left behind. Builder usually cleans up after itself.