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PATCH 1/1 make strip: include `scalar`

From: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

When Scalar was made a canonical part of Git in 7b5c93c6c68 (scalar:
include in standard Git build & installation, 2022-09-02), it was added to all relevant Makefile targets except for the strip target.

Let's correct that.

---
make strip: include scalar

This is something I noticed while working on aligning Git for Windows better with MSYS2.

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2004%2Fdscho%2Finclude-scalar-in-the-strip-Makefile-target-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2004/dscho/include-scalar-in-the-strip-Makefile-target-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2004

 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Makefile +1 -1
index 7e0f77e298..62f7f7bf56 100644
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 
 shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X scalar$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^
 
 ### Target-specific flags and dependencies

base-commit: 9a2fb147f2c61d0cab52c883e7e26f5b7948e3ed

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"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <[email protected]>

Quoted 7 lines · writes:

From: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

When Scalar was made a canonical part of Git in 7b5c93c6c68 (scalar:
include in standard Git build & installation, 2022-09-02), it was added to all relevant Makefile targets except for the strip target.

Let's correct that.

The motivation makes perfect sense.

Makefile please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell: · line 2569

Quoted 11 lines
Makefile +1 -1
index 7e0f77e298..62f7f7bf56 100644
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 
 shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X scalar$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^

I wonder why the original names git$X here explicitly, instead of using say $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) that covers both of these. I know that the undocumented INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS knob uses OTHER_PROGRAMS by throwing in non-programs like DLLs to it, so that artifacts-tar target would include them, but perhaps instead of working around the misdesign of that target, wouldn't it be better to correct its use of OTHER_PROGRAMS and use it here instead?

The change (including the "strip scalar, too!" part) should look like this, I think.

Also do we need a matching change to CMake and meson?

 Makefile | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Makefile +4 -2
index 70d1543b6b..a63a4adbc7 100644
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ LIB_OBJS =
 LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS =
 SCALAR_OBJS =
 OBJECTS =
+OTHER_ARTIFACTS =
 OTHER_PROGRAMS =
 PROGRAM_OBJS =
 PROGRAMS =
@@ -2499,7 +2500,7 @@ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 
 shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS)
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^
 
 ### Target-specific flags and dependencies
@@ -3697,10 +3698,11 @@ rpm::
 .PHONY: rpm
 
 ifneq ($(INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS),)
-OTHER_PROGRAMS += $(shell echo *.dll t/helper/*.dll t/unit-tests/bin/*.dll)
+OTHER_ARTIFACTS += $(shell echo *.dll t/helper/*.dll t/unit-tests/bin/*.dll)
 endif
 
 artifacts-tar:: $(ALL_COMMANDS_TO_INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_LIB) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) \
+		$(OTHER_ARTIFACTS) \
 		GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs) \
 		$(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PROG) $(MOFILES)
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) \
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Hi Junio,

Quoted 33 lines · Junio C Hamano

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <[email protected]>

Quoted 7 lines · writes:

From: Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]>

When Scalar was made a canonical part of Git in 7b5c93c6c68 (scalar:
include in standard Git build & installation, 2022-09-02), it was added to all relevant Makefile targets except for the strip target.

Let's correct that.

The motivation makes perfect sense.

Makefile please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell: · line 2569

Quoted 11 lines
Makefile +1 -1
index 7e0f77e298..62f7f7bf56 100644
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 
 shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X scalar$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^

I wonder why the original names git$X here explicitly, instead of using say $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) that covers both of these. I know that the undocumented INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS knob uses OTHER_PROGRAMS by throwing in non-programs like DLLs to it, so that artifacts-tar target would include them, but perhaps instead of working around the misdesign of that target, wouldn't it be better to correct its use of OTHER_PROGRAMS and use it here instead?

Quoted 2 lines

The change (including the "strip scalar, too!" part) should look like this, I think.

Sure.

Quoted 1 line

Also do we need a matching change to CMake and meson?

I am unfamiliar with Meson, and do not see anything about stripping in meson.build apart from a --strip option that is mentioned in a comment (and which I would assume already handles all executables, otherwise the move to Meson really is not worth all the hassle).

About CMake: It was always meant as a tool to help Visual Studio users to build and debug Git for Windows conveniently (something that Meson distinctly fails to accomplish). As such, there is no support for stripping executables in the CMake definition, that's completely up to how the Release builds are set up.

Besides, since Meson was picked over CMake as the modern build setup, I am seriously playing with the idea of abandoning Git's CMake definition (and with that, all Visual Studio-based developers, of course).

Ciao,
Johannes

Quoted 40 lines
 Makefile | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Makefile +4 -2
index 70d1543b6b..a63a4adbc7 100644
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ LIB_OBJS =
 LIBGIT_PUB_OBJS =
 SCALAR_OBJS =
 OBJECTS =
+OTHER_ARTIFACTS =
 OTHER_PROGRAMS =
 PROGRAM_OBJS =
 PROGRAMS =
@@ -2499,7 +2500,7 @@ please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell:
 
 shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS)
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^
 
 ### Target-specific flags and dependencies
@@ -3697,10 +3698,11 @@ rpm::
 .PHONY: rpm
 
 ifneq ($(INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS),)
-OTHER_PROGRAMS += $(shell echo *.dll t/helper/*.dll t/unit-tests/bin/*.dll)
+OTHER_ARTIFACTS += $(shell echo *.dll t/helper/*.dll t/unit-tests/bin/*.dll)
 endif
 
 artifacts-tar:: $(ALL_COMMANDS_TO_INSTALL) $(SCRIPT_LIB) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) \
+		$(OTHER_ARTIFACTS) \
 		GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs) \
 		$(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PROG) $(MOFILES)
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)templates $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) \
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Quoted 15 lines · Johannes Schindelin
Quoted 12 lines

Makefile please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell: · line 2504

Quoted 3 lines
Makefile +1 -1
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X scalar$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^

I wonder why the original names git$X here explicitly, instead of using say $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) that covers both of these. I know that the undocumented INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS knob uses OTHER_PROGRAMS by throwing in non-programs like DLLs to it, so that artifacts-tar target would include them, but perhaps instead of working around the misdesign of that target, wouldn't it be better to correct its use of OTHER_PROGRAMS and use it here instead?

Quoted 2 lines

The change (including the "strip scalar, too!" part) should look like this, I think.

Quoted 8 lines

Sure.

Quoted 1 line

Also do we need a matching change to CMake and meson?

I am unfamiliar with Meson, and do not see anything about stripping in meson.build apart from a --strip option that is mentioned in a comment (and which I would assume already handles all executables, otherwise the move to Meson really is not worth all the hassle).

That's a great point.

Anyway, the original patch that started this thread is not wrong, so let me queue it as-is. Those who want to improve on it can build on top.

Thanks.

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Quoted 26 lines · Junio C Hamano
Quoted 15 lines · Johannes Schindelin
Quoted 12 lines

Makefile please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell: · line 2504

Quoted 3 lines
Makefile +1 -1
-strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
+strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X scalar$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^

I wonder why the original names git$X here explicitly, instead of using say $(OTHER_PROGRAMS) that covers both of these. I know that the undocumented INCLUDE_DLLS_IN_ARTIFACTS knob uses OTHER_PROGRAMS by throwing in non-programs like DLLs to it, so that artifacts-tar target would include them, but perhaps instead of working around the misdesign of that target, wouldn't it be better to correct its use of OTHER_PROGRAMS and use it here instead?

Quoted 2 lines

The change (including the "strip scalar, too!" part) should look like this, I think.

Quoted 8 lines

Sure.

Quoted 1 line

Also do we need a matching change to CMake and meson?

I am unfamiliar with Meson, and do not see anything about stripping in meson.build apart from a --strip option that is mentioned in a comment (and which I would assume already handles all executables, otherwise the move to Meson really is not worth all the hassle).

Quoted 5 lines

That's a great point.

Anyway, the original patch that started this thread is not wrong, so let me queue it as-is. Those who want to improve on it can build on top.

Yup, Dscho is exactly right. Meson handles stripping natively via the --strip option that you can pass at setup time. If so, it knows to strip all binaries when installing.

So there's nothing we need to do for Meson, thanks!

Patrick