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docs: use-case for un-ignoring VCS directories and overridden source dir

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Signed-off-by: Jan Kundrát <jan.kundrat@cesnet.cz>
Suggested-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Fixes: a27078d32d Allow overriding the VCS exclude list with *_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
(cherry picked from commit f52809cbd2)
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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Jan Kundrát 2019-06-10 15:37:12 +02:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
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@ -109,3 +109,13 @@ WEBKITGTK_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = \
--exclude WebDriverTests --exclude WebKitBuild --exclude WebKitLibraries \
--exclude WebKit.xcworkspace --exclude Websites --exclude Examples
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By default, Buildroot skips syncing of VCS artifacts (e.g., the *.git* and
*.svn* directories). Some packages prefer to have these VCS directories
available during build, for example for automatically determining a precise
commit reference for version information. To undo this built-in filtering at a
cost of a slower speed, add these directories back:
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LINUX_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS = --include .git
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