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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: James Denholm <nod.helm@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, greend@obbligato.org, apenwarr@gmail.com,
	gpmcgee@gmail.com, mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: Standardisation pass
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 01:08:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140505050803.GA6569@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1399121375-14727-1-git-send-email-nod.helm@gmail.com>

On Sat, May 03, 2014 at 10:49:30PM +1000, James Denholm wrote:

> The main issues are that calls are made to git itself in the build
> process, and that a subtree-exclusive variable is used for specifying
> the exec path. Patches 1/5 through 3/5 resolve these.
> 
> The "cleanup" fixes (4/5 and 5/5) are based on precedents set by other
> makefiles across the project.

Thanks, these all look sane to me (I do not use subtree, but since it's
just about Makefiles, it was pretty easy to review).

> One problem is foreseen: 3/5 will necessitate that package maintainers
> who already have git-subtree included in their packages update their
> build-scripts.

I think that's probably OK. We strive for backwards compatibility in the
tool itself, but refactoring Makefiles in contrib/ affects a pretty
limited audience.

-Peff

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-06 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-03 12:49 [PATCH v2 0/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: Standardisation pass James Denholm
2014-05-03 12:49 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: scrap unused $(gitdir) James Denholm
2014-05-03 12:49   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: Use GIT-VERSION-FILE James Denholm
2014-05-03 12:49     ` [PATCH v2 3/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: s/libexecdir/gitexecdir James Denholm
2014-05-03 12:49       ` [PATCH v2 4/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: Doc-gen rules cleanup James Denholm
2014-05-03 12:49         ` [PATCH v2 5/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: clean rule cleanup James Denholm
2014-05-05  5:09           ` Jeff King
2014-05-05 21:41             ` James Denholm
2014-05-05 21:49               ` Jeff King
2014-05-05 21:59                 ` James Denholm
2014-05-05  5:08 ` Jeff King [this message]
2014-05-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v2 0/5] contrib/subtree/Makefile: Standardisation pass James Denholm
2014-05-05 22:01     ` Jeff King
2014-05-06 12:41       ` James Denholm
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-05-06 12:41 James Denholm
2014-05-06 21:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-06 21:46   ` James Denholm

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