Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Makefile: "make tags" fixes & cleanup

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 23:29:21 -0700

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <[email-masked]> writes:

> A small series to fix the various "tags" targets, i.e. "make tags TAGS
> cscope". We'll now properly detect their dependencies, so we don't
> needlessly run them every time. I have this as part of my standard
> "make git" command, so doing nothing when we have nothing to do is
> preferrable, especially when my editor will eagerly reload the TAGS
> file every time it changes.
>
> As noted in 3/3 this is better on top of my just-submitted
> .DELETE_ON_ERROR change[1], but will also work independently of that
> patch/series.
>
> 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/
>
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason (3):
>   Makefile: move ".PHONY: cscope" near its target
>   Makefile: fix "cscope" target to refer to cscope.out
>   Makefile: don't use "FORCE" for tags targets
>
>  .gitignore |  2 +-
>  Makefile   | 31 +++++++++++++++++--------------
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Looks mostly like good patches, with concrete suggestions for
improvements given.  Please do not leave another loose end that
should be easy to tie untied and float away to some other topics.

Thanks.