Re: [RFC PATCH 01/21] Documentation: add comparison of build systems

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 7, 2024, 21:08 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbjzv8vup.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <ZwO1WlBDABVs0CRU@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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>> Are there other things we use Makefile for in our current system
>> that we are forgetting in this requirements section, like "running
>> lint" or "running tests"?
>
> I was a bit torn on whether or not to add "running tests", mostly
> because it was supported by all of the proposed build systems. But
> that's probably not a good reason to not make this requirement explicit.

If a magic build system can omit tests that it can prove (by looking at dependency graph) that they will not be affected with the change I made to this single source file "builtin/cat-file.c", that would certainly be welcome.

We can dream for build system that specifically cater to and know intricate details of a language. We should also be able to dream of such a thing ;-)

Thanks.

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