This allows using <PKG>_SRCDIR_OVERRIDE_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS in local.mk to
skip copying parts of source trees unneeded for building. For example,
when developing WebKitGTK+, it's handy to skip copying all the tests and
other build directories, which are huge:
WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR = /home/aperez/WebKit
WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = \
--exclude JSTests --exclude ManualTests \
--exclude PerformanceTests --exclude WebDriverTests \
--exclude WebKitBuild --exclude WebKitLibraries \
--exclude WebKit.xcworkspace --exclude Websites \
--exclude Examples
This saves a good chunk of time when rsync is used for the first time to
copy the source tree over before building.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Perez de Castro <aperez@igalia.com>
[Arnout: move documentation to the end of the section]
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
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