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From: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 19:56:20 +0000
Subject: Re: [Resend PATCH] package: Makefile: fix perf target bug
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To: matt mooney <mfmooney@gmail.com>
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On 13.5.2011 20:52, matt mooney wrote:
> So the real problem is that tools/perf/MANIFEST contains wildcards,
> and when git archive is run, file name expansion isn't working
> properly. By adding the $(srctree) as a prefix, globbing works but
> then git archive requires --work-tree to be set.

I see. So how about
git --git-dir=$(srctree)/.git archive ... \
    $$(cd $(srctree); echo $$(cat tools/perf/MANIFEST))
? That does exactly the same as before the patch, just changes to
$(srctree) so that the expansion works.

Michal