Re: Navigating an enormous code base

[Leo Liu]

On 2022-04-28 10:38 +0200, Marcus Harnisch wrote:
> Thanks, I didn't even know that. However in my setup I use an explicit
> file list (created by a gtags-hook script) rather than having gtags go 
> through all files, else a lot more files would be scanned  (unnecessarily).

Yes this works too.

> Ggtags won't be able to tell if files have been renamed or added, I am
> afraid. (it might notice deletions, though)

ggtags notices outside changes by comparing mtimes of GTAGS and source
files that it visits. So yes if something is deleted only 'global -u'
can sync correctly.

Leo