Re: [PATCH] Install built-ins as symlinks

From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date: Jul 11, 2006, 18:36 UTC
Message-ID: <20060711183642.GB13776@pasky.or.cz>
In-Reply-To: <11526131792377-git-send-email-alp@atoker.com>

Dear diary, on Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 12:19:38PM CEST, I got a letter where Alp Toker <alp@atoker.com> said that...

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> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 5b7bac8..cb5a5cc 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ git$X: git.c common-cmds.h $(BUILTIN_OBJ
>  builtin-help.o: common-cmds.h
>  
>  $(BUILT_INS): git$X
> -	rm -f $@ && ln git$X $@
> +	ln -sf git$X $@
>  
>  common-cmds.h: Documentation/git-*.txt
>  	./generate-cmdlist.sh > $@+

Doesn't the git$X dependency become pointless at this point?

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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