Reuben Thomas wrote: > On 14 April 2012 20:17, Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> wrote: >> On 14 April 2012 19:44, Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> wrote: >>> Reuben Thomas wrote: >>>> I see that gnulib has its own cfg.mk which is used, for example, to >>>> skip some syntax-check checks on gnulib's own code. >>>> ... >>>> I can't see that gnulib's cfg.mk is mentioned by any module. >>> >>> Yes, >>> $ ./gnulib-tool --find cfg.mk >>> shows that cfg.mk is not contained in any module. This is because it >>> describes syntax rules for the gnulib source code, not for the Zile >>> or Hello source code. >> >> OK, I'm obviously misunderstanding how Zile escapes performing the >> syntax checks on files in gnulib.
The syntax checks check only version-controlled files, which does not include files in git submodules.