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Re: Build Emacs but don’t compile elc
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Fu Yuan |
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Re: Build Emacs but don’t compile elc |
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Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:06:30 -0400 |
> 在 2021年8月3日,上午8:30,Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> 写道:
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>> From: Fu Yuan <casouri@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 08:24:48 -0400
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>> Is there anyway to build Emacs but not compile lisp files?
>
> Building Emacs compiles only the Lisp files that were changed since
> the last build.
>
>> Every time I switch branch, I need to re-build Emacs, and compiling elc
>> files takes quite a while. I couldn’t find an option to do so in
>> ./configure, maybe there is an option somewhere that I’m not aware of?
>
> No such option, and there cannot be: modified Lisp files _must_ be
> recompiled.
>
> My recommendation is not to switch branches in the same worktree: it
> doesn't work very well in Emacs because the rate of changes during
> development is very high. Instead, use "git worktree add" to create a
> separate worktree that uses the same .git directory, but tracks a
> different branch. then you can just switch to a different directory
> when you need to work on another branch, and the massive recompilation
> is avoided.
git worktree is the way to do it, thanks!
Yuan