Re: [PATCH] Makefile(s): avoid recipe prefix in conditional statements

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 8, 2024, 21:41 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqle5n8rcr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <9d14c08ca6cc06cdf8fb4ba33d2470053dca3966.1712591504.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> When a conditional word (ifeq, ifneq, ifdef, etc.) is preceded by one or
> more tab characters, replace each tab character with 8 space characters
> with the following:
>
>     find . -type f -not -path './.git/*' -name Makefile -or -name '*.mak' |
>       xargs perl -i -pe '
>         s/(\t+)(ifn?eq|ifn?def|else|endif)/" " x (length($1) * 8) . $2/ge unless /\\$/
>       '

Yuck, it means auto indenting Makefile and its pieces almost impossible X-<. I'll take the patch as there is no way to revert the change to GNU make, though.

Thanks.