Re: [PATCH 2/3] Makefile: use `find` to determine static header dependencies

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 25, 2014, 20:45 UTC
Message-ID: <20140825204516.GT20185@google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140825200042.GJ30953@peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:

> It is unfortunately easy for our static header list to grow
> stale, as none of the regular developers make use of it.
> Instead of trying to keep it up to date, let's invoke "find"
> to generate the list dynamically.

Yep, I like this.

It does mean that people who run "make pot" have to be a little more vigilant about not keeping around extra .h files by mistake. But I trust them.

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> +LIB_H = $(shell $(FIND) . \
> +	-name .git -prune -o \
> +	-name t -prune -o \
> +	-name Documentation -prune -o \
> +	-name '*.h' -print)

Tiny nit: I might use

	$(shell $(FIND) * \
		-name . -o
		-name '.*' -prune -o \
		-name t -prune -o \
		-name Documentation -prune -o \
		-name '*.h' -print)

or

	$(shell $(FIND) * \
		-name '.?*' -prune -o \
		-name t -prune -o \
		-name Documentation -prune -o \
		-name '*.h' -print)

to avoid spending time looking in other dot-directories like .svn, .hg, or .snapshot.

With or without such a change,
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>