From a437dfa28c7139bb436d8c1c88f674c9f16bb87a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Jordi=20Guti=C3=A9rrez=20Hermoso?= <jordigh@octave.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 16:00:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] workflows: explicitly add a dummy ext/ directory

Having it checked in to git caused problems with Grist Desktop and
Grist Static because their build processes expected to have nothing
there, as well as interfering with checking out Grist Core as a
submodule.

So we do this instead.
---
 .github/workflows/docker_latest.yml | 4 ++++
 ext/README.md                       | 5 -----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 ext/README.md

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker_latest.yml b/.github/workflows/docker_latest.yml
index 129d109e..7069ab50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker_latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker_latest.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
 
+      - name: Add a dummy ext/ directory
+        run:
+          mkdir ext && touch ext/dummy
+
       - name: Check out the ext/ directory
         if: matrix.image.name != 'grist-oss'
         run: buildtools/checkout-ext-directory.sh ${{ matrix.image.repo }}
diff --git a/ext/README.md b/ext/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 09f9848c..00000000
--- a/ext/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-`ext` is a directory that allows derivatives of Grist core to be created, without modifying any of the base files.
-
-Files placed in here should be new files, or replacing files in the `stubs` directory.
-
-When compiling, Typescript resolves files in `ext` before files in `stubs`, using the `ext` file instead (if it exists).