crossbuilder shouldn't be pollute the source tree

[mymike00]

when I perform a crossbuilder inst-foreign a folder foreign/ is created in the source tree of the project I'm trying to build. this shouldn't happen also because it adds lots of file in the git pane in atom and it's annoying

[UniversalSuperBox]

This is annoying, but fairly standard for Debian package builds. @mardy, do you think this is a bug to be fixed or a side effect we should work with in a different way?

[mardy]

@mymike00 it's true that it does create that directory, but it also removes it once the task is completed. Didn't that happen in your case?

[mymike00]

@mardy I don't remember exactly now, but I think it didn't last time I used crossbuilder. I'll check and let you know. thanks

[maciek134]

Even a regular build pollutes the tree until crossbuilder [...] clean is run:

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
	debian/.debhelper/
	debian/files
	debian/indicators-client.debhelper.log
	debian/indicators-client.substvars
	debian/indicators-client/
	debian/lomiri-autopilot/
	debian/lomiri-common.debhelper.log
	debian/lomiri-common.substvars
	debian/lomiri-common/
	debian/lomiri-doc.debhelper.log
	debian/lomiri-doc.substvars
	debian/lomiri-doc/
	debian/lomiri-greeter.debhelper.log
	debian/lomiri-greeter.substvars
	debian/lomiri-greeter/
	debian/lomiri-private.debhelper.log
	debian/lomiri-private.substvars
	debian/lomiri-private/
	debian/lomiri.debhelper.log
	debian/lomiri.postinst.debhelper
	debian/lomiri.postrm.debhelper
	debian/lomiri.preinst.debhelper
	debian/lomiri.prerm.debhelper
	debian/lomiri.substvars
	debian/lomiri/
	debian/tmp/
	debs_0.5.0+1local~1752682975.tar
	obj-aarch64-linux-gnu/
	tests/autopilot/build/
	tests/autopilot/lomiri.egg-info/

While I know this is standard for debian packaging, maybe crossbuilder could support out-of-tree builds for convenience during development?