Merge branch 'ab/make-delete-on-error'

Use ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" pseudo target to simplify our Makefile.

* ab/make-delete-on-error:
  Makefile: add and use the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag

Makefile

@@ -2164,6 +2164,16 @@ shell_compatibility_test: please_set_SHELL_PATH_to_a_more_modern_shell
 strip: $(PROGRAMS) git$X
 	$(STRIP) $(STRIP_OPTS) $^
 
+### Flags affecting all rules
+
+# A GNU make extension since gmake 3.72 (released in late 1994) to
+# remove the target of rules if commands in those rules fail. The
+# default is to only do that if make itself receives a signal. Affects
+# all targets, see:
+#
+#    info make --index-search=.DELETE_ON_ERROR
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
+
 ### Target-specific flags and dependencies
 
 # The generic compilation pattern rule and automatically
@@ -2247,7 +2257,6 @@ SCRIPT_DEFINES = $(SHELL_PATH_SQ):$(DIFF_SQ):$(GIT_VERSION):\
 	$(gitwebdir_SQ):$(PERL_PATH_SQ):$(SANE_TEXT_GREP):$(PAGER_ENV):\
 	$(perllibdir_SQ)
 define cmd_munge_script
-$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
     -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
     -e 's|@@DIFF@@|$(DIFF_SQ)|' \
@@ -2317,7 +2326,7 @@ endif
 PERL_DEFINES += $(gitexecdir) $(perllibdir) $(localedir)
 
 $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN): % : %.perl GIT-PERL-DEFINES GIT-PERL-HEADER GIT-VERSION-FILE
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	sed -e '1{' \
 	    -e '	s|#!.*perl|#!$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e '	r GIT-PERL-HEADER' \
@@ -2337,7 +2346,7 @@ GIT-PERL-DEFINES: FORCE
 	    fi
 
 GIT-PERL-HEADER: $(PERL_HEADER_TEMPLATE) GIT-PERL-DEFINES Makefile
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	INSTLIBDIR='$(perllibdir_SQ)' && \
 	INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA='$(PERLLIB_EXTRA_SQ)' && \
 	INSTLIBDIR="$$INSTLIBDIR$${INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA:+:$$INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA}" && \
@@ -2363,7 +2372,7 @@ git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
 	mv $@+ $@
 else # NO_PERL
 $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN) git-instaweb: % : unimplemented.sh
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PERL=$(NO_PERL)|g' \
 	    unimplemented.sh >$@+ && \
@@ -2377,14 +2386,14 @@ $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS
 ifndef NO_PYTHON
 $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): GIT-CFLAGS GIT-PREFIX GIT-PYTHON-VARS
 $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : %.py
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*python|#!$(PYTHON_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    $< >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 else # NO_PYTHON
 $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : unimplemented.sh
-	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
+	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PYTHON=$(NO_PYTHON)|g' \
 	    unimplemented.sh >$@+ && \
@@ -2392,8 +2401,7 @@ $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : unimplemented.sh
 	mv $@+ $@
 endif # NO_PYTHON
 
-CONFIGURE_RECIPE = $(RM) configure configure.ac+ && \
-		   sed -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
+CONFIGURE_RECIPE = sed -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 			configure.ac >configure.ac+ && \
 		   autoconf -o configure configure.ac+ && \
 		   $(RM) configure.ac+
@@ -2518,7 +2526,6 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(GENERATE_COMPILATION_DATABASE),yes)
 all:: compile_commands.json
 compile_commands.json:
-	@$(RM) $@
 	$(QUIET_GEN)sed -e '1s/^/[/' -e '$$s/,$$/]/' $(compdb_dir)/*.o.json > $@+
 	@if test -s $@+; then mv $@+ $@; else $(RM) $@+; fi
 endif
@@ -2591,10 +2598,10 @@ $(REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY): remote-curl.o http.o http-walker.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS
 		$(CURL_LIBCURL) $(EXPAT_LIBEXPAT) $(LIBS)
 
 $(LIB_FILE): $(LIB_OBJS)
-	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
+	$(QUIET_AR)$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 
 $(XDIFF_LIB): $(XDIFF_OBJS)
-	$(QUIET_AR)$(RM) $@ && $(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
+	$(QUIET_AR)$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $^
 
 export DEFAULT_EDITOR DEFAULT_PAGER