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From:   Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:04:19AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> > Gross. I would not be opposed to a Makefile rule that outputs the
> > correct set of OBJECTS so this (or other) scripts could build on it.
> 
> You could also use the method I use in Git for Windows to "extend" the
> Makefile:
> 
> -- snipsnap --
> cat >dummy.mak <<EOF
> include Makefile
> 
> blub: $(OBJECTS)
> 	do-something-with $^
> EOF
> 
> make -f dummy.mak blub

Hacky but clever. I like it.

In the particular case of git, I think I've cheated similarly before by
putting things in config.mak, though of course an arbitrary script can't
assume it can overwrite that file.

-Peff