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[PATCH v2] diff-highlight: make install link into DESTDIR #Makefile

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immeëmosol via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 12, 2024, 17:30 UTC
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From: =?UTF-8?q?imme=C3=ABmosol?= <will+developer@willfris.nl>

Make git's diff-highlight program immediately available to the command-line. Create a link in DESTDIR that refers to the generated/concatenated diff-highlight perl script

Signed-off-by: immeëmosol <will+developer@willfris.nl>
---
    add symlinking diff-highlight into DESTDIR
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-938%2Fimme-emosol%2Fpatch-1-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-938/imme-emosol/patch-1-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/938
Range-diff vs v1:
 1:  e23aeb1a76c ! 1:  ca76f336ded diff-highlight: link to diff-highlight in DESTDIR #Makefile #diff-highlight
     @@ Metadata
      Author: immeëmosol <will+developer@willfris.nl>
      
       ## Commit message ##
     -    diff-highlight: link to diff-highlight in DESTDIR #Makefile #diff-highlight
     +    diff-highlight: make install link into DESTDIR #Makefile
      
          Make git's diff-highlight program immediately available to the command-line.
          Create a link in DESTDIR that
     @@ Commit message
      
       ## contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile ##
      @@ contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile: diff-highlight: shebang.perl DiffHighlight.pm diff-highlight.perl
     - 	cat $^ >$@+
       	chmod +x $@+
       	mv $@+ $@
     -+	ln --symbolic --target-directory=$(DESTDIR) $(abspath $@)
       
     ++install: diff-highlight
     ++	test -w $(DESTDIR) && \
     ++		ln --symbolic --target-directory=$(DESTDIR) $(abspath $<)
     ++
       shebang.perl: FORCE
       	@echo '#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' >$@+
     + 	@cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || mv $@+ $@
      @@ contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile: test: all
     + 	$(MAKE) -C t
       
       clean:
     ++	test ! -L $(DESTDIR)/diff-highlight || \
     ++		$(RM) --force $(DESTDIR)/diff-highlight
       	$(RM) diff-highlight
     -+	$(RM) --force $(DESTDIR)diff-highlight
       
       .PHONY: FORCE
     ++.PHONY: install
 contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile b/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
index f2be7cc9243..19e0cf17ccd 100644
--- a/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ diff-highlight: shebang.perl DiffHighlight.pm diff-highlight.perl
 	chmod +x $@+
 	mv $@+ $@
 
+install: diff-highlight
+	test -w $(DESTDIR) && \
+		ln --symbolic --target-directory=$(DESTDIR) $(abspath $<)
+
 shebang.perl: FORCE
 	@echo '#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)' >$@+
 	@cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || mv $@+ $@
@@ -18,6 +22,9 @@ test: all
 	$(MAKE) -C t
 
 clean:
+	test ! -L $(DESTDIR)/diff-highlight || \
+		$(RM) --force $(DESTDIR)/diff-highlight
 	$(RM) diff-highlight
 
 .PHONY: FORCE
+.PHONY: install

base-commit: ef8ce8f3d4344fd3af049c17eeba5cd20d98b69f
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  1. diff-highlight: link to diff-highlight in DESTDIR #Makefile #diff-highlightimmeëmosol via GitGitGadget, Oct 12, 2024
  2. Taylor BlauOct 12, 2024
  3. diff-highlight: make install link into DESTDIR #Makefileimmeëmosol via GitGitGadget, Oct 12, 2024
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkOct 12, 2024
  5. immeëmosolOct 12, 2024
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2024
  7. diff-highlight: make install link into DESTDIRimmeëmosol via GitGitGadget, Oct 12, 2024
  8. Jeff KingOct 12, 2024
  9. immeëmosolOct 12, 2024
  10. Đoàn Trần Công DanhOct 14, 2024
  11. Taylor BlauOct 14, 2024

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