Exclude more files in production

[vinkla]

This pull request excludes even more files which we don't need in production.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/2jzp6k/i_dont_need_your_tests_in_my_production/

[staabm]

Thx

[DominikTo]

Should we really do this?
See discussion here: sabre-io/uri#29

[staabm]

IMO deleting things like tests/ folder is very valuable, since those can contain security vulnerabilities and produce unnecessary long deployment cycles and download/upload/install times.

since all those information is still present while development I dont see a reason to keep them.

I dont have a strong opinion on this few files which were deleted with this particular PR though.

@DominikTo is it a particular file which you want not to be git-ignored, or is your point more generell?

[vinkla]

One thing that is almost never discussed is moving data on the web and what that costs the environment. A few kilobytes downloaded once is nothing but if you put all downloads together it becomes quite a large amount of data transfered.

Therefore you need 2.04 kg of coal to download 1 mb of data if your internet speed is 1mb per minute - Ankit Kumar

[DominikTo]

My point is more general. As mentioned in sabre-io/uri#29 - I don't have a strong opinion on this, but there seem to be legitimate drawbacks and little to gain.

See e.g.:

• Reverting the removal of the tests via .gitattributes symfony/symfony#6605 (comment)
• Reverting the removal of the tests via .gitattributes symfony/symfony#6605 (comment)

[staabm]

@DominikTo in my personal experience I had problem with long lasting deployments and security vulnerabilities because of test-mocks therefore I have good reasons (or at least have examples from personal experience) to leave thoses things out.