Warn when unexpected things are in the snap dir
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Current evaluation
Closed without implementation. The request to warn on unexpected files in the snap/ directory was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity and no associated pull request.
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Issue body
Snapcraft expects that the snap/ directory only contains its own things: plugins, hooks, metadata, etc. This is also the directory it writes state files. Putting other things in there has never been supported, but the snapcraft CLI has never warned about using it this in this way. It needs to start.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The request to warn on unexpected files in the snap/ directory was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity and no associated pull request. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The request to add CLI warnings for unsupported files in the snap directory was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1660890 An empty snap directory ends up in the snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Reported unintended inclusion of the snap directory in the build output. Closed without comments or resolution, indicating the report was abandoned. | |
| #1772584 Having a "snap" directory with actual content causes build failures | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or linked pull request. The proposed fix to allow alternative snap directories and update ignore rules was never implemented, indicating the issue was abandoned due to inactivity. |