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From: Kyle Meyer <kyle@kyleam.com>
To: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Cc: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] clone|fetch|--mirror: add convenience
 $INBOX_DIR/Makefile
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:45:26 -0400
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Eric Wong writes:

> Since the beginning of time, I've been dropping Makefiles
> in $INBOX_DIR (and above hiearchies) to organize groups
> of commands.
>
> make(1) is widely available in various flavors and a familiar
> tool for our target audience.  It is easy to run in the right
> directory, typically has built-in shell completion, and doesn't
> silently ignore errors by default like Bourne shell.

Sounds like a nice idea.

[...]
> +sub write_makefile {
> +	my ($dir, $ibx_ver) = @_;
> +	my $f = "$dir/Makefile";
> +	if (sysopen my $fh, $f, O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_WRONLY) {
> +		print $fh <<EOM or die "print($f) $!";
> +# This is a v$ibx_ver public-inbox, see the public-inbox-v$ibx_ver-format(5)
> +# manpage for more information on the format.  This Makefile is
> +# intended as a familiar wrapper for users unfamiliar with
> +# public-inbox-* commands.
> +#
> +# See the respective manpages for public-inbox-fetch(1),
> +# public-inbox-index(1), etc for more information on
> +# some of the commands used by this Makefile.
> +#
> +# This Makefile will not modified nor read by public-inbox,

missing "be" before "modified"