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[PATCH] Makefile: use git init/add/commit/archive for dist-doc

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Oct 10, 2020, 16:45 UTC
Message-ID
<40da2404-8504-e134-7176-f3429c081f12@web.de>

Reduce the dependency on external tools by generating the distribution archives for HTML documentation and manpages using git commands instead of tar. This gives the archive entries the same meta data as those in the dist archive for binaries.

Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
 Makefile | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95571ee3fc..b7f3708292 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3105,11 +3105,15 @@ artifacts-tar:: $(ALL_COMMANDS_TO_INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_LIB) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) \
 htmldocs = git-htmldocs-$(GIT_VERSION)
 manpages = git-manpages-$(GIT_VERSION)
 .PHONY: dist-doc distclean
-dist-doc:
+dist-doc: git$X
 	$(RM) -r .doc-tmp-dir
 	mkdir .doc-tmp-dir
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation WEBDOC_DEST=../.doc-tmp-dir install-webdoc
-	cd .doc-tmp-dir && $(TAR) cf ../$(htmldocs).tar $(TAR_DIST_EXTRA_OPTS) .
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir init
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir add .
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir commit -m htmldocs
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir archive --format=tar --prefix=./ HEAD^{tree} \
+		> $(htmldocs).tar
 	gzip -n -9 -f $(htmldocs).tar
 	:
 	$(RM) -r .doc-tmp-dir
@@ -3119,7 +3123,11 @@ dist-doc:
 		man5dir=../.doc-tmp-dir/man5 \
 		man7dir=../.doc-tmp-dir/man7 \
 		install
-	cd .doc-tmp-dir && $(TAR) cf ../$(manpages).tar $(TAR_DIST_EXTRA_OPTS) .
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir init
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir add .
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir commit -m manpages
+	./git -C .doc-tmp-dir archive --format=tar --prefix=./ HEAD^{tree} \
+		> $(manpages).tar
 	gzip -n -9 -f $(manpages).tar
 	$(RM) -r .doc-tmp-dir

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  1. Makefile: use git init/add/commit/archive for dist-docRené Scharfe, Oct 10, 2020
  2. 2/1 Makefile: remove the unused variable TAR_DIST_EXTRA_OPTSRené Scharfe, Oct 11, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2020

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