Subject: ab/make-sparse-for-real

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:14:55 +0200

On Mon, Oct 04 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> * ab/make-sparse-for-real (2021-09-22) 1 commit
>  - Makefile: make the "sparse" target non-.PHONY
>
>  Prevent "make sparse" from running for the source files that
>  haven't been modified.
>
>  Will merge to 'next'?

The concern in earlier rounds was breaking existing users, but in the
v4[1] the "incremental" is a new target, and with the Makefile template
the result is, I think, easy to read & worth it. So hopefully it can
proceed.

1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/