Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/4] libgit-sys: add symlink to git repo root and clean after build

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 20, 2025, 11:10 UTC
Message-ID: <03110f30-54e8-49c4-86bc-f4c0f5641f41@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <uu4s2acl4lwhj2rycojebnkygwqvdhge7iwh6uaedsmvkphchz@vg75gxitvqvn>

Hi Josh

On 19/03/2025 22:23, Josh Steadmon wrote:

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> On 2025.03.18 16:24, Josh Steadmon wrote:
> 
> I'm currently working on an alternate solution where we build the object
> files in Cargo's working directory, rather than in the source tree. This
> will (mostly) avoid the need to clean after the build. I hope to send a
> v2 with this change in the next few days.

Meson has builtin support for out-of-tree builds which would make building in Cargo's OUT_DIR trivial. Our meson build is still experimental though so you may not want to rely on it.

Best Wishes

Phillip