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Re: [PATCH] subtree/Makefile: Standardize (esp. for packagers)

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 27, 2014, 02:51 UTC
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On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:35:13PM +1000, James Denholm wrote:
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> >Do we even make [subproject and mainline] anymore? It looks like they are part
> >of the tests, but the whole test script runs inside its own trash
> >directory.
> 
> subproject and mainline are actually made in  contrib/subtree,
> but I'll look at perhaps "fixing" that when I split the proposal
> into a series as you suggest.

Are they? I couldn't find any reference to them as directories except in the test script, and doing a "make" from contrib/subtree didn't create them. I'll leave it to you to investigate further whether the "clean" rules are cruft or not, but certainly if they are, cleaning up cruft is a good thing.

-Peff
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  1. subtree/Makefile: Standardize (esp. for packagers)nod.helm@gmail.com, Apr 24, 2014
  2. nod.helm@gmail.comApr 26, 2014
  3. Jeff KingApr 26, 2014
  4. James DenholmApr 27, 2014
  5. Jeff KingApr 27, 2014
  6. James DenholmApr 27, 2014
  7. Matthew OgilvieApr 30, 2014
  8. James DenholmMay 3, 2014
  9. Felipe ContrerasMay 3, 2014
  10. James DenholmMay 3, 2014

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