Re: [PATCH 0/3] Makefile: "make tags" fixes & cleanup

> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> A small series to fix the various "tags" targets, i.e. "make tags TAGS
>> cscope". We'll now properly detect their dependencies, so we don't
>> needlessly run them every time. I have this as part of my standard
>> "make git" command, so doing nothing when we have nothing to do is
>> preferrable, especially when my editor will eagerly reload the TAGS
>> file every time it changes.
>>
>> As noted in 3/3 this is better on top of my just-submitted
>> .DELETE_ON_ERROR change[1], but will also work independently of that
>> patch/series.
>>
>> 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/patch-1.1-9420448e74f-20210622T141100Z-avarab@gmail.com/
>>
>> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (3):
>>   Makefile: move ".PHONY: cscope" near its target
>>   Makefile: fix "cscope" target to refer to cscope.out
>>   Makefile: don't use "FORCE" for tags targets
>>
>>  .gitignore |  2 +-
>>  Makefile   | 31 +++++++++++++++++--------------
>>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> Looks mostly like good patches, with concrete suggestions for
> improvements given.  Please do not leave another loose end that
> should be easy to tie untied and float away to some other topics.