Hello Junio,

2015-01-21 15:23 GMT+06:00 Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com>:
> Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovm...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Some of Makefile variables as TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X and BUILTIN_OBJS filled
>> directly by hand, let's collect it with the standard functions of 'make' 
>> util.
>
> I am not sure if we want to do this.
>
> $(wildcard) is a double-edged sword.  It will grab any file that
> matches on the filesystem, not just the ones we want to include in
> the Git source set.  I often have a file called test-something and
> I'd prefer not to see such a random thing included in the build,
> only because the filename matches some pattern.

Yes, grabbing files by test-*.c is unreliable in this case. But what
about builtin/*.c?
Is there any plans that builtin will contain something another than
builtin object files?

>
> While "we consider anything with a name that match the pattern we
> say matter (e.g. test-*.c or builtin/*.c) as part of the source set"
> is sometimes handy (it allows us to be lazy), it risks surprising
> unsuspecting users.
>
> So I dunno.
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