Merge branch 'ps/build'

Build procedure update plus introduction of Meson based builds.

* ps/build: (24 commits)
  Introduce support for the Meson build system
  Documentation: add comparison of build systems
  t: allow overriding build dir
  t: better support for out-of-tree builds
  Documentation: extract script to generate a list of mergetools
  Documentation: teach "cmd-list.perl" about out-of-tree builds
  Documentation: allow sourcing generated includes from separate dir
  Makefile: simplify building of templates
  Makefile: write absolute program path into bin-wrappers
  Makefile: allow "bin-wrappers/" directory to exist
  Makefile: refactor generators to be PWD-independent
  Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.js
  Makefile: extract script to generate gitweb.cgi
  Makefile: extract script to massage Python scripts
  Makefile: extract script to massage Shell scripts
  Makefile: use "generate-perl.sh" to massage Perl library
  Makefile: extract script to massage Perl scripts
  Makefile: consistently use PERL_PATH
  Makefile: generate doc versions via GIT-VERSION-GEN
  Makefile: generate "git.rc" via GIT-VERSION-GEN
  ...

Author: gitster

.gitignore

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 /GIT-TEST-SUITES
 /GIT-USER-AGENT
 /GIT-VERSION-FILE
-/bin-wrappers/
 /git
 /git-add
 /git-am
@@ -195,9 +194,11 @@
 /config-list.h
 /command-list.h
 /hook-list.h
+/version-def.h
 *.tar.gz
 *.dsc
 *.deb
+/git.rc
 /git.spec
 *.exe
 *.[aos]

Documentation/.gitignore

@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ tmp-doc-diff/
 GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 /.build/
 /GIT-EXCLUDED-PROGRAMS
+/asciidoc.conf
+/asciidoctor-extensions.rb

Documentation/CodingGuidelines

@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ For C programs:
    Run `GIT_DEBUGGER=1 ./bin-wrappers/git foo` to simply use gdb as is, or
    run `GIT_DEBUGGER="<debugger> <debugger-args>" ./bin-wrappers/git foo` to
    use your own debugger and arguments. Example: `GIT_DEBUGGER="ddd --gdb"
-   ./bin-wrappers/git log` (See `wrap-for-bin.sh`.)
+   ./bin-wrappers/git log` (See `bin-wrappers/wrap-for-bin.sh`.)
 
  - The primary data structure that a subsystem 'S' deals with is called
    `struct S`. Functions that operate on `struct S` are named

Documentation/Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Import tree-wide shared Makefile behavior and libraries
 include ../shared.mak
 
+.PHONY: FORCE
+
 # Guard against environment variables
 MAN1_TXT =
 MAN5_TXT =
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ TECH_DOCS += MyFirstObjectWalk
 TECH_DOCS += SubmittingPatches
 TECH_DOCS += ToolsForGit
 TECH_DOCS += technical/bitmap-format
+TECH_DOCS += technical/build-systems
 TECH_DOCS += technical/bundle-uri
 TECH_DOCS += technical/hash-function-transition
 TECH_DOCS += technical/long-running-process-protocol
@@ -148,16 +151,12 @@ man5dir = $(mandir)/man5
 man7dir = $(mandir)/man7
 # DESTDIR =
 
-GIT_DATE := $(shell git show --quiet --pretty='%as')
-
 ASCIIDOC = asciidoc
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA =
 ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml11
 ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook
 ASCIIDOC_CONF = -f asciidoc.conf
-ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-		-amanmanual='Git Manual' -amansource='Git $(GIT_VERSION)' \
-		-arevdate='$(GIT_DATE)'
+ASCIIDOC_COMMON = $(ASCIIDOC) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $(ASCIIDOC_CONF)
 ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoc.conf GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 TXT_TO_HTML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML)
 TXT_TO_XML = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b $(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK)
@@ -210,6 +209,14 @@ ASCIIDOC_DEPS = asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
 DBLATEX_COMMON =
 XMLTO_EXTRA += --skip-validation
 XMLTO_EXTRA += -x manpage.xsl
+
+asciidoctor-extensions.rb: asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in FORCE
+	$(QUIET_GEN)GIT_USER_AGENT="$(GIT_USER_AGENT)" $(SHELL_PATH) ../GIT-VERSION-GEN "$(shell pwd)/.." $< $@+
+	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
+else
+asciidoc.conf: asciidoc.conf.in FORCE
+	$(QUIET_GEN)GIT_USER_AGENT="$(GIT_USER_AGENT)" $(SHELL_PATH) ../GIT-VERSION-GEN "$(shell pwd)/.." $< $@+
+	@if cmp $@+ $@ >/dev/null 2>&1; then $(RM) $@+; else mv $@+ $@; fi
 endif
 
 ASCIIDOC_DEPS += docinfo.html
@@ -218,6 +225,7 @@ SHELL_PATH ?= $(SHELL)
 # Shell quote;
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -abuild_dir='$(shell pwd)'
 ifdef DEFAULT_PAGER
 DEFAULT_PAGER_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(DEFAULT_PAGER))
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a 'git-default-pager=$(DEFAULT_PAGER_SQ)'
@@ -275,15 +283,17 @@ ifneq ($(filter-out lint-docs clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
 -include ../GIT-VERSION-FILE
 endif
 
+mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt
+
 #
 # Determine "include::" file references in asciidoc files.
 #
 docdep_prereqs = \
-	mergetools-list.made $(mergetools_txt) \
+	$(mergetools_txt) \
 	cmd-list.made $(cmds_txt)
 
 doc.dep : $(docdep_prereqs) $(DOC_DEP_TXT) build-docdep.perl
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl >$@ $(QUIET_STDERR)
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(PERL_PATH) ./build-docdep.perl "$(shell pwd)" >$@ $(QUIET_STDERR)
 
 ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
 -include doc.dep
@@ -305,22 +315,14 @@ cmds_txt = cmds-ancillaryinterrogators.txt \
 $(cmds_txt): cmd-list.made
 
 cmd-list.made: cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(MAN1_TXT)
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl ../command-list.txt $(cmds_txt) $(QUIET_STDERR) && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(PERL_PATH) ./cmd-list.perl .. . $(cmds_txt) && \
 	date >$@
 
-mergetools_txt = mergetools-diff.txt mergetools-merge.txt
-
-$(mergetools_txt): mergetools-list.made
-
-mergetools-list.made: ../git-mergetool--lib.sh $(wildcard ../mergetools/*)
-	$(QUIET_GEN) \
-	$(SHELL_PATH) -c 'MERGE_TOOLS_DIR=../mergetools && TOOL_MODE=diff && \
-		. ../git-mergetool--lib.sh && \
-		show_tool_names can_diff' | sed -e "s/\([a-z0-9]*\)/\`\1\`;;/" >mergetools-diff.txt && \
-	$(SHELL_PATH) -c 'MERGE_TOOLS_DIR=../mergetools && TOOL_MODE=merge && \
-		. ../git-mergetool--lib.sh && \
-		show_tool_names can_merge' | sed -e "s/\([a-z0-9]*\)/\`\1\`;;/" >mergetools-merge.txt && \
-	date >$@
+mergetools-%.txt: generate-mergetool-list.sh ../git-mergetool--lib.sh $(wildcard ../mergetools/*)
+mergetools-diff.txt:
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-mergetool-list.sh .. diff $@
+mergetools-merge.txt:
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(SHELL_PATH) ./generate-mergetool-list.sh .. merge $@
 
 TRACK_ASCIIDOCFLAGS = $(subst ','\'',$(ASCIIDOC_COMMON):$(ASCIIDOC_HTML):$(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK))
 
@@ -341,6 +343,7 @@ clean:
 	$(RM) SubmittingPatches.txt
 	$(RM) $(cmds_txt) $(mergetools_txt) *.made
 	$(RM) GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
+	$(RM) asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb
 
 docinfo.html: docinfo-html.in
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && cat $< >$@
@@ -364,7 +367,7 @@ manpage-cmd = $(QUIET_XMLTO)$(XMLTO) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $<
 %.xml : %.txt $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_XML) -d manpage -o $@ $<
 
-user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
+user-manual.xml: user-manual.txt user-manual.conf $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_XML) -d book -o $@ $<
 
 technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
@@ -373,7 +376,7 @@ technical/api-index.txt: technical/api-index-skel.txt \
 
 technical/%.html: ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-relative-html-prefix=../
 $(patsubst %,%.html,$(API_DOCS) technical/api-index $(TECH_DOCS)): %.html : %.txt \
-	asciidoc.conf GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
+	$(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) $*.txt
 
 SubmittingPatches.txt: SubmittingPatches
@@ -416,13 +419,13 @@ $(patsubst %.txt,%.texi,$(MAN_TXT)): %.texi : %.xml
 howto-index.txt: howto-index.sh $(HOWTO_TXT)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)'$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)' ./howto-index.sh $(sort $(HOWTO_TXT)) >$@
 
-$(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt
+$(patsubst %,%.html,$(ARTICLES)) : %.html : %.txt $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC)$(TXT_TO_HTML) $*.txt
 
 WEBDOC_DEST = /pub/software/scm/git/docs
 
 howto/%.html: ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -a git-relative-html-prefix=../
-$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(HOWTO_TXT)): %.html : %.txt GIT-ASCIIDOCFLAGS
+$(patsubst %.txt,%.html,$(HOWTO_TXT)): %.html : %.txt $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(QUIET_ASCIIDOC) \
 	sed -e '1,/^$$/d' $< | \
 	$(TXT_TO_HTML) - >$@

Documentation/asciidoc.conf renamed to Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ tilde=~
 apostrophe='
 backtick=`
 litdd=--
+manmanual='Git Manual'
+mansource='Git @GIT_VERSION@'
+revdate='@GIT_DATE@'
 
 ifdef::backend-docbook[]
 [linkgit-inlinemacro]

Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb renamed to Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in

@@ -29,13 +29,9 @@ def process(parent, target, attrs)
     class DocumentPostProcessor < Asciidoctor::Extensions::Postprocessor
       def process document, output
         if document.basebackend? 'docbook'
-          mansource = document.attributes['mansource']
-          manversion = document.attributes['manversion']
-          manmanual = document.attributes['manmanual']
           new_tags = "" \
-            "<refmiscinfo class=\"source\">#{mansource}</refmiscinfo>\n" \
-            "<refmiscinfo class=\"version\">#{manversion}</refmiscinfo>\n" \
-            "<refmiscinfo class=\"manual\">#{manmanual}</refmiscinfo>\n"
+            "<refmiscinfo class=\"source\">@GIT_VERSION@</refmiscinfo>\n" \
+            "<refmiscinfo class=\"manual\">Git Manual</refmiscinfo>\n"
           output = output.sub(/<\/refmeta>/, new_tags + "</refmeta>")
         end
         output

Documentation/build-docdep.perl

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+my ($build_dir) = @ARGV;
 my %include = ();
 my %included = ();
 
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
 	    chomp;
 	    s/^include::\s*//;
 	    s/\[\]//;
+	    s/{build_dir}/${build_dir}/;
 	    $include{$text}{$_} = 1;
 	    $included{$_} = 1;
 	}

Documentation/cmd-list.perl

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 use File::Compare qw(compare);
 
 sub format_one {
-	my ($out, $nameattr) = @_;
+	my ($source_dir, $out, $nameattr) = @_;
 	my ($name, $attr) = @$nameattr;
+	my ($path) = "$source_dir/Documentation/$name.txt";
 	my ($state, $description);
 	my $mansection;
 	$state = 0;
-	open I, '<', "$name.txt" or die "No such file $name.txt";
+	open I, '<', "$path" or die "No such file $path.txt";
 	while (<I>) {
 		if (/^(?:git|scalar)[a-z0-9-]*\(([0-9])\)$/) {
 			$mansection = $1;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ sub format_one {
 	}
 	close I;
 	if (!defined $description) {
-		die "No description found in $name.txt";
+		die "No description found in $path.txt";
 	}
 	if (my ($verify_name, $text) = ($description =~ /^($name) - (.*)/)) {
 		print $out "linkgit:$name\[$mansection\]::\n\t";
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ sub format_one {
 	}
 }
 
-my ($input, @categories) = @ARGV;
+my ($source_dir, $build_dir, @categories) = @ARGV;
 
-open IN, "<$input";
+open IN, "<$source_dir/command-list.txt";
 while (<IN>) {
 	last if /^### command list/;
 }
@@ -63,17 +64,17 @@ sub format_one {
 
 for my $out (@categories) {
 	my ($cat) = $out =~ /^cmds-(.*)\.txt$/;
-	open O, '>', "$out+" or die "Cannot open output file $out+";
+	my ($path) = "$build_dir/$out";
+	open O, '>', "$path+" or die "Cannot open output file $out+";
 	for (@{$cmds{$cat}}) {
-		format_one(\*O, $_);
+		format_one($source_dir, \*O, $_);
 	}
 	close O;
 
-	if (-f "$out" && compare("$out", "$out+") == 0) {
-		unlink "$out+";
+	if (-f "$path" && compare("$path", "$path+") == 0) {
+		unlink "$path+";
 	}
 	else {
-		print STDERR "$out\n";
-		rename "$out+", "$out";
+		rename "$path+", "$path";
 	}
 }

Documentation/config/diff.txt

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ endif::git-diff[]
 	Set this option to `true` to make the diff driver cache the text
 	conversion outputs.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
 
-include::../mergetools-diff.txt[]
+include::{build_dir}/mergetools-diff.txt[]
 
 `diff.indentHeuristic`::
 	Set this option to `false` to disable the default heuristics

Documentation/config/merge.txt

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ merge.guitool::
 	Any other value is treated as a custom merge tool and requires that a
 	corresponding mergetool.<guitool>.cmd variable is defined.
 
-include::../mergetools-merge.txt[]
+include::{build_dir}/mergetools-merge.txt[]
 
 merge.verbosity::
 	Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge