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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@yandex.ru>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Sibi Siddharthan <sibisiddharthan.github@gmail.com>,
	Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Danh Doan <congdanhqx@gmail.com>,
	Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] CMake build system for git
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 16:31:06 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2005041630150.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <689741588534833@mail.yandex.ru>

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Hi Konst,

On Sun, 3 May 2020, Konstantin Tokarev wrote:

>
>
> 03.05.2020, 20:21, "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>:
> > Sibi Siddharthan <sibisiddharthan.github@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >>>  As you say, an extra instruction in INSTALL file to tell users to
> >>>  copy from contrib/cmake may workable, though it is unsatisfactory.
> >>>  But the other one will not simply work. If we need to have a new
> >>>  file with string "CMake" in its name at the top-level *anyway*, we
> >>>  should have the real thing to reduce one step from those who want to
> >>>  use it. Those who do not want to see "CMake" at the toplevel are
> >>>  already harmed either way, if is a dummy or if it is the real thing.
> >>
> >>  In your opinion, what would be the best way to communicate with users, there is
> >>  an optional CMake build system for git?
> >
> > You do not want to hear my opinion, as my priorities would be
> > different from yours ;-)
> >
> > Given that we all agreed that the only reason we contemplate use of
> > CMake in our project is strictly to help Windows build, i.e. due to
> > the same reason why we have contrib/buildsystems/, it is not one of
> > my goals to communicate with general users about optional CMake
> > support in the first place. It has lower priority than keeping the
> > project tree and the project history less cluttered.
> >
> > So my first preference would be an instruction somewhere in install
> > or readme that tells those who want to build for windows to copy
> > from (or perhaps update cmake to offer the "-f" option and tell it
> > to read from) contrib/cmake/CMakeLists.txt to the toplevel before
> > doing anything [*1*].
>
> FWIW, CMakeLists.txt doesn't have to be in the root of source tree in
> order to work. It can perfectly work from contrib/cmake after necessary
> changes in relative paths.

Would you have an example handy, or a link to an article describing this?

Ciao,
Johannes

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-05-04 21:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 179+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-24  4:01 [PATCH 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git on Linux Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:05   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:06     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 22:56       ` Danh Doan
2020-04-25  3:50         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 13:34     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 17:07   ` brian m. carlson
2020-04-25 17:36     ` Randall S. Becker
2020-04-25 18:01       ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 18:11     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:19   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:19     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:23   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:24     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:28   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:26     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:34   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:32     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 23:09       ` Danh Doan
2020-04-25  3:57         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:39   ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-24 20:29     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 11:37       ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 12:09         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:39   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:35     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24  4:01 ` [PATCH 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-04-24 17:45   ` Danh Doan
2020-04-24 21:41     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 21:44     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-24 18:56 ` [PATCH 0/8] CMake build system for git Junio C Hamano
2020-04-24 19:50   ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-24 21:43     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-25  4:09       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 12:56         ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 13:29           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 14:12             ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 14:28               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 14:38                 ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 14:49                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-25 14:57                     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-26  0:41                       ` Danh Doan
2020-04-26  4:30                         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-25 12:24       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-27 20:08         ` Jeff King
2020-04-27 20:12           ` Jeff King
2020-04-28 13:52             ` Danh Doan
2020-04-28 21:07               ` Jeff King
2020-04-29  8:42                 ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-01 19:32                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-02 14:31                     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-02 14:58                       ` Randall S. Becker
2020-05-02 15:48                       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-03 15:33                         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-03 17:21                           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-03 19:42                             ` Konstantin Tokarev
2020-05-03 19:50                               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-04 14:31                               ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2020-05-04 21:59                                 ` Konstantin Tokarev
2020-05-05  4:16                                   ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-05  6:16                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-05 16:23                                       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-05 18:17                                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-06 18:43                                           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-07 11:48                                             ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-06 21:27                                         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-07 20:54                                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-02 13:21                   ` Danh Doan
2020-05-02 14:50                     ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-02 15:02                       ` Danh Doan
2020-05-02 15:16                         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-04-27 21:17           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-27 21:56             ` Michal Suchánek
2020-04-27 22:09             ` Jeff King
2020-04-27 22:23               ` Elijah Newren
2020-04-27 23:16                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-28  5:36                 ` Jeff King
2020-05-12 16:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] " Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 01/11] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git on Linux Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 20:59     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:21       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 02/11] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:19     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:07       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 03/11] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 04/11] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 05/11] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 06/11] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-14 15:25     ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-14 18:27       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 07/11] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 08/11] cmake: added checks for struct stat and libiconv Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:16     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:05       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-14  2:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-14 15:31     ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-14 18:31       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 09/11] cmake: relocated script file contrib/buildsystems Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 20:08       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 10/11] cmake: parse the makefile for the sources Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 19:57       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-13 20:23         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-12 16:50   ` [PATCH v2 11/11] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-12 21:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-13 19:45       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-25 19:16         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-25 20:03           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-25 20:56             ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-25 21:40               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-29 13:40   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 19:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-30 18:50         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-31 16:17           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-30  8:00             ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-05-30 13:17       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 19:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-30 18:56         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-08 20:07           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-08 22:10             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-30 13:49       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-30 19:04         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-31  1:28           ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-30 14:08       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-30 19:08         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-05-29 13:40     ` [PATCH v3 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-05-30 14:14       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-05-30 19:13         ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29     ` [PATCH v4 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:00         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 20:04           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:02         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 19:45           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:03         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 19:47           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-18  4:43             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-18 19:55               ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-18 20:08                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-18 20:40                   ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-18 21:00                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-19 17:15                       ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-19 17:29                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 14:04         ` Øystein Walle
2020-06-15 19:56           ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-12 18:29       ` [PATCH v4 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11       ` [PATCH v5 0/8] CMake build system for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 1/8] Introduce CMake support for configuring Git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 2/8] cmake: generate the shell/perl/python scripts and templates, translations Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 3/8] cmake: installation support for git Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 4/8] cmake: support for testing git with ctest Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 5/8] cmake: support for testing git when building out of the source tree Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 6/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with mingw Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-30  7:25           ` David Aguilar
2020-07-01 17:45             ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-07-01 17:49               ` Sibi Siddharthan
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 7/8] cmake: support for building git on windows with msvc and clang Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26 16:11         ` [PATCH v5 8/8] ci: modification of main.yml to use cmake for vs-build job Sibi Siddharthan via GitGitGadget

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