anchao commented on code in PR #16312:
URL: https://github.com/apache/nuttx/pull/16312#discussion_r2083380505
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tools/Unix.mk:
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@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ savedefconfig: apps_preconfig
$(Q) rm -f warning.tmp
$(Q) rm -f defconfig.tmp
$(Q) rm -f sortedconfig.tmp
+ $(info "The defconfig was generated successfully at $(PWD)/defconfig
.If you're building out-of-tree configuration, then don't forget to copy it
into your defconfig original location")
Review Comment:
> @anchao what is the goal of this cmake autosave? If I understood correctly
when user run "make savedefconfig" it will replace the original defconfig for
current board profile. Although this behavior seems good at first glance, the
reason because Greg didn't implement this way it because normally the developer
will use a base board:nsh profile to modify and create a local defconfig that
he/she will move to a new configs/namedir that will be created. I think the
cmake autosave should require a flag to force this behavior, something like
"make -f savedefconfig". Maybe @patacongo could give more details here.
My view is straightforward: change it in a way that is most convenient for
developers.
Not replacing the original defconfig with savedefconfig was reasonable
before the emergence of git, developers did not have diff tools to check for
differences between their work and original config
After git, if the original configuration is directly replaced by
savedefconfig, developers can easily use git diff to check whether the changes
as expectations. If not, they only need to use git checkout to restore the file.
I think for 90% of individual developers, this approach will enhance their
efficiency.
Furthermore, this improvement could also shorten the CI-CD time, and the
process of refresh.sh could be optimized.
**refresh.sh (6s)**
```
archer@archer:~/code/nuttx/n6/nuttx$ time ./tools/refresh.sh --silent sim/nsh
[1/1] Normalize sim/nsh
real 0m6.049s
user 0m3.137s
sys 0m1.988s
```
**autosave (1.5s)**
```
archer@archer:~/code/nuttx/n6/nuttx$ time make savedefconfig
Loaded configuration '.config'
Minimal configuration saved to 'defconfig.tmp'
real 0m1.363s
user 0m0.802s
sys 0m0.422s
```
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