Re: [PATCH v2] osxkeychain: define build targets in the top-level Makefile.

From: Koji Nakamaru <koji.nakamaru@gree.net>
Date: Feb 17, 2026, 01:09 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOTNsDwMeszCC6wunkkx_vhKYx9OvRWXB4VxedypOTQJ6Qs2sA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALnO6CARu8HSYh9=z6FAF=84q1qA4Oan7_DLMbcK+1rth8B7cA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Homebrew picked this patch on top of 2.53.0, and on a recent build on
> older macOS I needed to
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>     mkdir contrib/credential/osxkeychain/.depend
>
> in order to make their build work, since otherwise:
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>     error: error opening
> 'contrib/credential/osxkeychain/.depend/git-credential-osxkeychain.o.d':
> No such file or directory
>     1 error generated.
>     make[1]: ***
> [contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.o] Error 1

I tried to reproduce this using the current Homebrew formula for git [1] on macOS 15.7.4 and 14.8.4 (both relatively newer) with the following steps:

  brew tap --force homebrew/core
  cd "$(brew --repository homebrew/core)"
  git checkout -B main origin/main
  git pull
  HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1 brew reinstall --build-from-source git

In my environment, the build finished successfully. The patch doesn't seem to trigger any issues during a local "make" either. How exactly are you performing your build?

[1] https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/9ec3da0dcd3ccd1cd4d892a71377b251770212d7/Formula/g/git.rb