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> I don't agree. We support building outside of git repositories, because > > a: we distribute tarballs > b: we build on platforms that don't support git I agree. I'll quote your original message back to you: > This isn't a problem when building from a distribution tarball or > other clean checkout, but it is causing "fun" (ie strange noisy catastrophic > build failures) when anyone runs git pull on a build checkout, and then > runs disclean before starting again. > We can't assume that > > a: git is present to do our work for us > > b: that we can get it to delete all the build files, without also deleting > user owned files. distclean is careful to only delete the things that we > know we built. Per your identification of the problem, we can assume (a). Regarding (b), I don't think we have to automate a solution, only tell the user that they're doing it wrong. > I've just presented a *working solution* to a current problem. > Even if we adopt your plan, it will do as an interim solution until your > plan delivers a solution. I'm suggesting an alternative approach I think is better. Just because I suggest an alternative doesn't mean you couldn't/shouldn't go forward with the change you've proposed. -- DavidThread Previous | Thread Next