Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff-highlight: link to diff-highlight in DESTDIR #Makefile #diff-highlight

From: Taylor Blau <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:50:53 -0400

On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 03:03:19PM +0000, immeëmosol via GitGitGadget wrote:
> diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile b/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
> index f2be7cc9243..10c588a7929 100644
> --- a/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
> +++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/Makefile
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ diff-highlight: shebang.perl DiffHighlight.pm diff-highlight.perl
>  	cat $^ >$@+
>  	chmod +x $@+
>  	mv $@+ $@
> +	ln --symbolic --target-directory=$(DESTDIR) $(abspath $@)

Hmm. I am not opposed to having diff-highlight's Makefile be responsible
for installing a symbolic link to the generated script, but I do not
think that this Makefile recipe is the right place to do it.

This recipe is about building the executable, not installing it. If you
want to introduce a separate .PHONY recipe for installing the script, I
think that would be a better place to introduce this change.

Thanks,
Taylor