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[RFC PATCH v1 1/4] libgitpub: move to separate contrib/ directory

From
Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2025, 23:24 UTC
Message-ID
<d4128b7618fde469dabee9366221f6593456213f.1742339107.git.josh@steadmon.net>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1742339107.git.josh@steadmon.net>

For Cargo packaging purposes, it is better for any dependencies built with Git's Makefile to live outside the libgit-{sys,rs} crates. This, plus some future changes to the crates, will allow `cargo package` to treat all of the non-Rust source as a separate tree apart from the Cargo-managed inputs.

Signed-off-by: Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
---
 Makefile                                         | 16 ++++++++--------
 contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs                      |  4 ++--
 .../public_symbol_export.c                       |  2 +-
 .../public_symbol_export.h                       |  0
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 rename contrib/{libgit-sys => libgitpub}/public_symbol_export.c (96%)
 rename contrib/{libgit-sys => libgitpub}/public_symbol_export.h (100%)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7315507381..52eed88dde 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ OBJECTS += $(CLAR_TEST_OBJS)
 OBJECTS += $(patsubst %,$(UNIT_TEST_DIR)/%.o,$(UNIT_TEST_PROGRAMS))
 
 ifdef INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS
-	OBJECTS += contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o
+	OBJECTS += contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.o
 endif
 
 ifndef NO_CURL
@@ -3762,9 +3762,9 @@ clean: profile-clean coverage-clean cocciclean
 	$(MAKE) -C Documentation/ clean
 	$(RM) Documentation/GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS
 	$(RM) -r contrib/libgit-sys/target contrib/libgit-rs/target
-	$(RM) contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
-	$(RM) contrib/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
-	$(RM) contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a
+	$(RM) contrib/libgitpub/partial_symbol_export.o
+	$(RM) contrib/libgitpub/hidden_symbol_export.o
+	$(RM) contrib/libgitpub/libgitpub.a
 ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(RM) -r perl/build/
 endif
@@ -3937,14 +3937,14 @@ ifdef INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS
 all:: libgit-sys libgit-rs
 endif
 
-LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS += contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.o
+LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS += contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.o
 LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS += libgit.a
 LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS += reftable/libreftable.a
 LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS += xdiff/lib.a
 
-LIBGIT_PARTIAL_EXPORT = contrib/libgit-sys/partial_symbol_export.o
+LIBGIT_PARTIAL_EXPORT = contrib/libgitpub/partial_symbol_export.o
 
-LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT = contrib/libgit-sys/hidden_symbol_export.o
+LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT = contrib/libgitpub/hidden_symbol_export.o
 
 $(LIBGIT_PARTIAL_EXPORT): $(LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS)
 	$(LD) -r $^ -o $@
@@ -3952,5 +3952,5 @@ $(LIBGIT_PARTIAL_EXPORT): $(LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS)
 $(LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT): $(LIBGIT_PARTIAL_EXPORT)
 	$(OBJCOPY) --localize-hidden $^ $@
 
-contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a: $(LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT)
+contrib/libgitpub/libgitpub.a: $(LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT)
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
diff --git a/contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs b/contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs
index 3ffd80ad91..e0d979c196 100644
--- a/contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs
+++ b/contrib/libgit-sys/build.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
         .current_dir(git_root.clone())
         .args([
             "INCLUDE_LIBGIT_RS=YesPlease",
-            "contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a",
+            "contrib/libgitpub/libgitpub.a",
         ])
         .output()
         .expect("Make failed to run");
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
             String::from_utf8(make_output.stderr).unwrap()
         );
     }
-    std::fs::copy(crate_root.join("libgitpub.a"), dst.join("libgitpub.a"))?;
+    std::fs::copy(git_root.join("contrib/libgitpub/libgitpub.a"), dst.join("libgitpub.a"))?;
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", dst.display());
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=gitpub");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", git_root.display());
diff --git a/contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c b/contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.c
similarity index 96%
rename from contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c
rename to contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.c
index dfbb257115..de5f6943c2 100644
--- a/contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.c
+++ b/contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "git-compat-util.h"
 #include "config.h"
-#include "contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h"
+#include "contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
 #pragma GCC visibility push(default)
diff --git a/contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h b/contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.h
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/libgit-sys/public_symbol_export.h
rename to contrib/libgitpub/public_symbol_export.h
-- 
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  2. 1/4 libgitpub: move to separate contrib/ directoryJosh Steadmon, Mar 18, 2025
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  9. 0/5 Fix `cargo package` for libgit-sysJosh Steadmon, Mar 21, 2025
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