world_map.gpkg is changed everytime QGIS is run from build directory

[m-kuhn]

This results in changes being reported in the local source directory and eventually clutters the commit history.

One way of solving this would be to focus on #23991
But since this is probably a tough one to solve, I could imagine an alternative solution like copying the file to the build directory.

[nirvn]

Another way would be to pick a different file format, ala zipped shapefiles/geojson/etc.

[m-kuhn]

GeoJSON wouldn't be my favorite one for lack of spatial indexing, Shapefile/shz not for cropped attribute names.
Is it possible to zip a geopackage?
Let's hope @shapefile doesn't read this.

[Gustry]

In the meantime, can we add a "hack" in the prepare commit hook script like git checkout path?

From @jef-n git update-index --assume-unchanged resources/data/world_map.gpkg, this works well.

[m-kuhn]

Or add it to .gitignore

[jef-n]

Or add it to .gitignore

doesn't work for files in the repository

[strk]

This is a duplicate of #25830

[m-kuhn]

Nope, this is also introduced without make check by simply running QGIS

[strk]

Isn't this an issue even when calling qgis from system path ? I guess a system-installed world_map.gpkg file would be changed in that case ? Or how's that prevented (I dubt a user can change a system-installed file)

[strk]

For the record: gpkg files created by GDAL < 3.3.1 are still modified -- the world_map.gpkg is one of those, see #48937 (comment)