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Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] Makefile: use `git ls-files` to list header files, if possible

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Date
Mar 4, 2019, 21:01 UTC
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On 04/03/2019 20:38, Ramsay Jones wrote:
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> 
> On 04/03/2019 13:47, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>>
>> In d85b0dff72 (Makefile: use `find` to determine static header
>> dependencies, 2014-08-25), we switched from a static list of header
>> files to a dynamically-generated one, asking `find` to enumerate them.
>>
>> Back in those days, we did not use `$(LIB_H)` by default, and many a
>> `make` implementation seems smart enough not to run that `find` command
>> in that case, so it was deemed okay to run `find` for special targets
>> requiring this macro.
>>
>> However, as of ebb7baf02f (Makefile: add a hdr-check target,
>> 2018-09-19), $(LIB_H) is part of a global rule and therefore must be
>> expanded. Meaning: this `find` command has to be run upon every
>> `make` invocation. In the presence of many a worktree, this can tax the
>> developers' patience quite a bit.
>>
>> Even in the absence of worktrees or other untracked files and
>> directories, the cost of I/O to generate that list of header files is
>> simply a lot larger than a simple `git ls-files` call.
>>
>> Therefore, just like in 335339758c (Makefile: ask "ls-files" to list
>> source files if available, 2011-10-18), we now prefer to use `git
>> ls-files` to enumerate the header files to enumerating them via `find`,
>> falling back to the latter if the former failed (which would be the case
>> e.g. in a worktree that was extracted from a source .tar file rather
>> than from a clone of Git's sources).
>>
>> This has one notable consequence: we no longer include `command-list.h`
>> in `LIB_H`, as it is a generated file, not a tracked one, but that is
> 
> Heh, just to be _unnecessarily_ picky, but this is not always true.
> The 'command-list.h' header is _sometimes_ not included in the LIB_H
> variable - it simply depends on whether it has been generated by the
> time the $(FIND) is called.
> 
> Obviously, not worth a re-roll. Otherwise, this LGTM.
Ahem! Obviously, I didn't read the commit message closely enough!

However, _before_ this change, then 'command-list.h' was sometimes not included in $(LIB_H) ...

Sorry for the noise!

ATB, Ramsay Jones

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  1. 0/1 Avoid calling find in the Makefile, if possibleJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 1, 2019
  2. 1/1 Makefile: use `git ls-files` to list header files, if possibleJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 1, 2019
  3. Jeff KingMar 1, 2019
  4. Jeff KingMar 1, 2019
  5. Jeff KingMar 1, 2019
  6. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2019
  7. Jeff KingMar 3, 2019
  8. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2019
  9. Jeff KingMar 3, 2019
  10. Johannes SchindelinMar 2, 2019
  11. Jeff KingMar 3, 2019
  12. Ramsay JonesMar 3, 2019
  13. Johannes SchindelinMar 4, 2019
  14. Ramsay JonesMar 4, 2019
  15. Jeff KingMar 4, 2019
  16. Johannes SchindelinMar 4, 2019
  17. Jeff KingMar 4, 2019
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2019
  19. Johannes SchindelinMar 5, 2019
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 5, 2019
  21. Jeff KingMar 5, 2019
  22. Ramsay JonesMar 6, 2019
  23. Jeff KingMar 6, 2019
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2019
  25. compat/bswap: add include header guardsJeff King, Mar 6, 2019
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 6, 2019
  27. 0/1 Avoid calling find in the Makefile, if possibleJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 4, 2019
  28. 1/1 Makefile: use `git ls-files` to list header files, if possibleJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Mar 4, 2019
  29. Ramsay JonesMar 4, 2019
  30. Ramsay JonesMar 4, 2019
  31. Jeff KingMar 4, 2019

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