"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> +.PRECIOUS: $(patsubst test-%$X,test-%.o,$(TEST_PROGRAMS)) >> + >> test-%$X: test-%.o $(GITLIBS) >> $(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS) > > Add a comment here? I did not see a particular need for that. What would you say there? >> Warning: 1 path touched but unmodified. Consider running git-status. > > BTW, shouldn't the warning go to standard error? No, usually you are under PAGER, so we need to send this to stdout. We do this only when we are generating textual diff which will be consumed by patch or git-apply. They both know how to ignore such a non patch material. - To unsubscribe from this list: 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