Jim Meyering <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Otherwise, if make is suspended, or killed with prejudice, or if the
> system crashes, you could be left with an up-to-date, yet corrupt,
> generated file.
Thanks. Maybe you would want a "make clean" target for them too
if you do this. I often use $@+ instead of t$@ so that I can
say "rm -f *+" there.
> @@ -496,37 +496,43 @@ builtin-help.o: common-cmds.h
> rm -f $@ && ln git$X $@
>
> common-cmds.h: Documentation/git-*.txt
> - ./generate-cmdlist.sh > $@
> + ./generate-cmdlist.sh > t$@
> + mv t$@ $@
>
IOW, like this:
common-cmds.h: Documentation/git-*.txt
rm -f $@+ $@
./generate-cmdlist.sh > $@+
mv $@+ $@
clean::
rm -f *+
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