contrib/buildsystems: optionally capture the dry-run in a file

Add an option for capturing the output of the make dry-run used in
determining the msvc-build structure for easy debugging.

You can use the output of `--make-out <path>` in subsequent runs via the
`--in <path>` option.

Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
index de5c0b6b25a489937a9580df17f4704b3a33b1a6..732239d817a769808c0c84a4e5b087f2df3a29de 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sub showUsage
   -g <GENERATOR>  --gen <GENERATOR> Specify the buildsystem generator    (default: $gen)
                                     Available: $genlist
   -o <PATH>       --out <PATH>      Specify output directory generation  (default: .)
+                  --make-out <PATH> Write the output of GNU Make into a file
   -i <FILE>       --in <FILE>       Specify input file, instead of running GNU Make
   -h,-?           --help            This help
 EOM
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ sub showUsage
 }
 
 # Parse command-line options
+my $make_out;
 while (@ARGV) {
     my $arg = shift @ARGV;
     if ("$arg" eq "-h" || "$arg" eq "--help" || "$arg" eq "-?") {
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ sub showUsage
        exit(0);
     } elsif("$arg" eq "--out" || "$arg" eq "-o") {
        $out_dir = shift @ARGV;
+    } elsif("$arg" eq "--make-out") {
+       $make_out = shift @ARGV;
     } elsif("$arg" eq "--gen" || "$arg" eq "-g") {
        $gen = shift @ARGV;
     } elsif("$arg" eq "--in" || "$arg" eq "-i") {
@@ -80,6 +84,12 @@ sub showUsage
 # test for an empty Errors file and remove it
 unlink $ErrsFile if -f -z $ErrsFile;
 
+if (defined $make_out) {
+    open OUT, ">" . $make_out;
+    print OUT @makedry;
+    close OUT;
+}
+
 # Parse the make output into usable info
 parseMakeOutput();