Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] Makefile: add $(RUST_LIB) prerequisite to osxkeychain

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2026 at 06:05:54PM +0000, Shardul Natu via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Shardul Natu <snatu@google.com>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 1f3f099f5c..7db38ecce9 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -4074,7 +4078,8 @@ $(LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT): $(LIBGIT_PARTIAL_EXPORT)
>  contrib/libgit-sys/libgitpub.a: $(LIBGIT_HIDDEN_EXPORT)
>  	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
>  
> -contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain: contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.o $(LIB_FILE) GIT-LDFLAGS
> +# When Rust is enabled, git-credential-osxkeychain depends on Rust symbols in $(RUST_LIB)
> +contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain: contrib/credential/osxkeychain/git-credential-osxkeychain.o $(LIB_FILE) $(RUST_LIB) GIT-LDFLAGS
>  	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) \
>  		$(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS) -framework Security -framework CoreFoundation

I was wondering why no other target declares an explicit dependency on
RUST_LIB. As it turns out, all the other targets that link "$(LIBS)" all
already depend on "$(GITLIBS)", which includes both "$(LIB_FILE)" and
"$(RUST_LIB)". So shouldn't we also depend depend on "$(GITLIBS)" here
instead of on either of the other two variables?

Patrick