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: Thu, 7 May 2020 22:54:11 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2005072253000.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <848941588629532@mail.yandex.ru>
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Hi Konst,
On Tue, 5 May 2020, Konstantin Tokarev wrote:
> 05.05.2020, 00:32, "Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>:
> > 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?
>
> It's so trivial that I'm not sure what such an article would have to describe.
>
> https://github.com/annulen/cmake-example
It is trivial all right, but I had hoped for a more elegant solution along
the lines of `set_top_level_directory(../..)` or some such. I mistook your
mail for having an elegant version of this, and I was curious.
Ciao,
Johannes
> --
> Regards,
> Konstantin
>
>
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2020-04-25 18:01 ` Philip Oakley
2020-04-25 18:11 ` Sibi Siddharthan
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2020-04-24 21:19 ` Sibi Siddharthan
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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
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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
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 [this message]
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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