No dependencies.lock files for example projects (AEGHB-941)

[francisduvivier]

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General issue report

There is no dependency lock files in any of the examples. When I filed this ticket, if you tried to build one of the examples on a fresh environment, the build was already broken because one of the 0.x dependencies had a breaking change.
So it would be helpful to follow the guidance from the espressif docs and check in the dependency lock files.

[Horion0415]

Sorry, could you please fully describe the issue you encountered? The dependency lock file is generated during compilation.

[francisduvivier]

Hi @Horion0415 sorry for the late reply. But so the issue that I encountered was this one: ESP32-P4 esp_brookesia_phone example broken because of breaking change in esp_ipa (AEGHB-942) #119

But so I made separate issue here because it would be quite helpful if those lock files that are generated during compilation are also included in git.
This will really help a lot in the future when examples start getting abandoned, or when somebody wants to go back to an older version of the code.

I do realise that I linked the wrong documentation link in my description. Apologies for that, I wanted to refer to the documentation of the dependencies.lock file from Espressif which states:

If your project includes only the ESP Component Registry Dependencies or Git Dependencies, it is recommended to check in the dependencies.lock file to ensure all developers use the same component versions when building locally.