[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] tools/ffmpeg-sg: Include show-graph wrapper script in build output

[softworkz .]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kieran Kunhya <kieran618 at googlemail.com>
> Sent: Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2025 23:14
> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> devel at ffmpeg.org>
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] tools/ffmpeg-sg: Include
> show-graph wrapper script in build output
> 
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM softworkz .
> <softworkz-at-hotmail.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> > > Marton Balint
> > > Sent: Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2025 21:18
> > > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> > > devel at ffmpeg.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] tools/ffmpeg-sg: Include
> > > show-graph wrapper script in build output
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 9 Jun 2025, softworkz wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > .gitignore       |  1 +
> > > > fftools/Makefile | 14 ++++++++++++--
> > > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> > > > index 59c89da5e0..989c702b6c 100644
> > > > --- a/.gitignore
> > > > +++ b/.gitignore
> > > > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
> > > > /.config
> > > > /.version
> > > > /ffmpeg
> > > > +/ffmpeg-sg
> > >
> > > Please, do not copy this from tools folder to the main build dir.
> The
> > > rest
> > > of the tools are also simply kept in the tools folder, no copying
> is
> > > necessary during the build process.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Marton
> > >
> >
> > On important platforms like Windows, there is no "install". People
> are
> > taking/copying the build output. If it's not part of the build
> output,
> > it won't arrive at any user.
> 
> On windows and other desktops you just click the file name and a
> browser opens.
> Does this really need a script just to do that?

Hi Kieran,

I believe that when you would try out both ways yourself and compare, 
you wouldn't ask the question. Or - if you wish, I can create a short
screen capture to illustrate?

Best regards
sw