Jacob Keller <jacob.kel...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Jacob Keller <jacob.kel...@gmail.com> wrote: > ... > I think a better solution for your problem would be to extend the > build system you're using to avoid rebuilding when the contents > haven't changed since last build (possibly by using hashes?). At the > very least, I would not want this to be default, as it could possibly > result in *no* build when there should be one, which is far more > confusing to debug.
Yup. Even though I take many optional features that I do not see need to support on the core side and I do not plan to use personally, as long as the implementation is cleanly separated to make it clear that those who do not use them won't negatively affected, I would not want to have this in a system I maintain and get blamed by those who get burned by it. Something like ccache, not a version control system, is meant to serve this audience.
