From: Jan Kundrát Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:37:12 +0000 (+0200) Subject: docs: use-case for un-ignoring VCS directories and overridden source dir X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f52809cbd2329dabb7ce98683ca884ca04c118f0;p=buildroot.git docs: use-case for un-ignoring VCS directories and overridden source dir Signed-off-by: Jan Kundrát Suggested-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) Fixes: a27078d32d Allow overriding the VCS exclude list with *_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) --- diff --git a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt index 65a9f1a3f7..da6dd822fb 100644 --- a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt +++ b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-development.txt @@ -109,3 +109,13 @@ WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = \ --exclude WebDriverTests --exclude WebKitBuild --exclude WebKitLibraries \ --exclude WebKit.xcworkspace --exclude Websites --exclude Examples ------------------ + +By default, Buildroot skips syncing of VCS artifacts (e.g., the *.git* and +*.svn* directories). Some packages prefer to have these VCS directories +available during build, for example for automatically determining a precise +commit reference for version information. To undo this built-in filtering at a +cost of a slower speed, add these directories back: + +------------------ +LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = --include .git +------------------