[QGIS-Developer] Looking for tips to avoid unnecessary configuration reset when building QGIS

[Matthias Kuhn]

Hi Harrissou,

You can setup ccache, which will cache previously compiled files for you.

Best regards

Matthias

On 8/13/19 7:37 AM, DelazJ wrote:
> Hi devs,
> I'm facing a recurrent issue with the process of building QGIS and I'd 
> like to get feedback/advice from you.
>
> I checkout and build master branch
> Whenever I modify files I can run the build command and it applies 
> rather quickly. only the diff is taken.
> Now that I'm satisfied with my changes, I create a new branch, commit 
> the changes and push to github
> Locally, I checkout back my master branch (so back to the original 
> HEAD - no pull from upstream!)
> I do new changes (for another fix)
>
> *Issue*: If I run the build command, it looks like it reads again the 
> configuration file and instead of building only the diff, it builds 
> all, taking too much time. Like if I hadn't already built QGIS.
>
> So, how do you avoid this unnecessary waste of time?
>
> Thanks for any advice.
> Harrissou
>
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