Junio C Hamano <junkio@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 $@+ $@ > > clean:: > rm -f *+ Or just use one tmp file, i.e. ".tmp" instead of t$@. -- http://onion.dynserv.net/~timo/ - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html