{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155/events","html_url":"https://github.com/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155","id":78959463,"number":155,"title":".tmp and .my.log hidden files extraneous?","user":{"login":"jttkim","id":552628,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/552628?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim","html_url":"https://github.com/jttkim","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jttkim/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-05-21T11:47:14Z","updated_at":"2015-05-21T14:12:02Z","closed_at":null,"body":"There's an emtpy file called `.tmp` in `data/Users/larry`, and there are `.tmp` files in other directories as well. Likewise, there are empty files `.my.log` in some directories. `find data -name '.*' -print` prints a full list of dotfiles.\r\n\r\nMy impression is that only `data/Users/nelle/.bash_profile` could serve any didactic purpose (other than perhaps some \"easter egg hunt\" type challenge). Is this correct, and if so, should we get rid of these `.tmp` and `.my.log` files?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/comments/104289803","html_url":"https://github.com/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155#issuecomment-104289803","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/swcarpentry/shell-novice/issues/155","id":104289803,"user":{"login":"ChristinaLK","id":4634021,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4634021?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK","html_url":"https://github.com/ChristinaLK","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ChristinaLK/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-21T14:12:02Z","updated_at":"2015-05-21T14:12:02Z","body":"I put them there because I didn't think I could commit the directories if they were empty.  If that's not true, then they can be removed.  "}}