[cfe-dev] Calling the clang-tools-extra source directory 'extra'

[Bruce Hoult via cfe-dev]

This is what I always use, and it's great, but it could do with being
renamed and/or cloned somewhere with a better name. I'm sure to many people
the name makes it look like a dated thing, not the latest and greatest.

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Shoaib Meenai via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> See http://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html#for-
> developers-to-work-with-a-git-monorepo
>
>
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> *From: *cfe-dev <cfe-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org> on behalf of cfe-dev <
> cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org>
> *Reply-To: *Franz Fehringer <fehrin2 at googlemail.com>
> *Date: *Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 8:50 AM
> *To: *cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [cfe-dev] Calling the clang-tools-extra source directory
> 'extra'
>
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> What is the address / url of the monorepo (git / http / svn ...)?
>
> Am 04.10.2018 um 16:49 schrieb Zachary Turner via cfe-dev:
>
> Are you not using a monorepo?  I think the supported workflow going
> forward is to use the monorepo, and there is an effort (which seems
> temporarily stalled, but should still happen) to make this the only
> supported workflow.  So I'd suggest we focus all documentation efforts on
> pointing people towards the monorepo.
>
>
>
> If you are using the monorepo, then clang-tools-extra would be under a
> top-level folder called clang-tools-extra, and everything would just work.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 11:23 AM Stephen Kelly via cfe-dev <
> cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The buildsystem in clang/tools/CMakeLists.txt currently requires that
> clang-tools-extra, if present, is checked out/cloned to a directory
> called 'extra'.
>
> This is not made clear in the git instructions, so the first thing I've
> always done with a new machine or build is replace that call with a call
> to `add_clang_subdirectory`.
>
> I updated the buildsystem and docs with these proposed commits:
>
>   https://reviews.llvm.org/D52819
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__reviews.llvm.org_D52819&d=DwMDaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=o3kDXzdBUE3ljQXKeTWOMw&m=Hpa99Shyj9vdUM0wdVHZPBdEQNGe5-uOaeXsZfbjeAU&s=OlXxUnlMb0wmk9xOSrUhILhK64rblaITopX6tsZXIg8&e=>
>   https://reviews.llvm.org/D52820
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__reviews.llvm.org_D52820&d=DwMDaQ&c=5VD0RTtNlTh3ycd41b3MUw&r=o3kDXzdBUE3ljQXKeTWOMw&m=Hpa99Shyj9vdUM0wdVHZPBdEQNGe5-uOaeXsZfbjeAU&s=PJb-0VJxxiQIECq0vB1N2S6bkbZ_N_qdVv_l3iPQf2Q&e=>
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> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephen.
>
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