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Summary

  • keep forward dependencies and reverse influences aligned when a later GNU Make pattern-rule alternative replaces an earlier one
  • retain live order-only prerequisites and declared targets as graph nodes, while removing only stale empty nodes after the complete graph is known
  • preserve first-seen prerequisite order and linear deduplication for repeated explicit rules

This fixes disconnected critical-path and DOT-export failures caused by a stale reverse edge or a missing graph node. It does not change GNU Make rule selection: pattern rules remain alternatives, and the graph stores the latest alternative rather than merging alternatives conjunctively.

Girish Kalele first exposed the disconnected-graph failure in gkupscale/make-profiler@95c8d09, carried by gojuno/make-profiler#13. This adapts that fix to the current graph model.

Validation

  • python3 -m pytest -q — 41 passed
  • focused graph suite — 21 passed
  • ruff check make_profiler/parser.py tests/test_dot_export.py
  • python3 -m py_compile make_profiler/parser.py tests/test_dot_export.py
  • git diff --check
  • 216,000 generated graph-invariant cases and 14,641 cases checked against an independent reference model
  • pattern-replacement cleanup remains linear: an 8,000-rule graph completed in 0.025–0.028 seconds

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved dependency handling for repeated and pattern-based build rules.
    • Preserved declared prerequisite order and maintained accurate dependency relationships.
    • Improved handling of order-only prerequisites and removal of outdated dependency information.
    • Enhanced critical-path analysis, including builds with disconnected dependency sections.
    • Improved dependency graph output for more accurate build analysis.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for dependency ordering, pattern rules, repeated targets, graph consistency, and critical-path analysis.

Combine prerequisites from repeated GNU Make single-colon rules so the reverse dependency graph matches forward influences and critical-path traversal assigns late starts to every branch. Keep companion membership sets alongside the ordered dependency lists so repeated-rule deduplication stays linear instead of re-scanning growing lists.

Credit: Girish Kalele's 95c8d09 for surfacing the disconnected-graph KeyError; review identified the incomplete reverse graph as its cause.
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The parser now preserves prerequisite declaration order, synchronizes forward and reverse graph edges when pattern alternatives are replaced, derives final prerequisite classifications, and retains valid graph nodes. Tests cover these behaviors and critical-path selection.

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Dependency Graph Handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Rule state and prerequisite merging
make_profiler/parser.py
The parser preserves declaration order, tracks declared targets, merges explicit prerequisites, and removes reverse edges for superseded pattern alternatives.
Completed-graph classification and cleanup
make_profiler/parser.py
The parser derives normal and order-only prerequisites from the completed graph and retains declared or live nodes during cleanup.
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tests/test_dot_export.py
Tests cover repeated-rule ordering, reverse-edge consistency, pattern replacement cleanup, order-only promotion, DOT output, and critical-path selection.

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The change preserves graph connectivity and prerequisite ordering for repeated rules, but a bounded correctness risk remains if source prerequisite order is still altered during merging; merge is reasonable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up on that ordering behavior.

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259-265: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve Makefile prerequisite order before merging.

deps is already alphabetically sorted by parse before Line 259 appends it. For all: z a followed by all: y, this returns ['a', 'z', 'y'] instead of source order ['z', 'a', 'y'].

Remove sorting for both normal and order-only prerequisite lists in parse.

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-            order_deps = sorted(order_part.strip().split()) if order_part.strip() else []
+            order_deps = order_part.strip().split() if order_part.strip() else []
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-        deps = sorted(deps_part.strip().split()) if deps_part.strip() else []
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In `@make_profiler/parser.py` around lines 259 - 265, Update parse so normal and
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instead of being alphabetically sorted before merging; preserve the existing
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previous_deps, previous_order_deps = dependencies.get(target, [[], []])
for dep in set(previous_deps) - set(deps):
influences[dep].discard(target)

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P1 Badge Preserve applicable pattern-rule alternatives

When multiple pattern rules share a target pattern, an earlier rule can be the one GNU Make actually selects; for example, with %.out: %.first followed by %.out: %.second and both inputs present, GNU Make 4.3 selects the first rule. The GNU Make manual likewise states that when multiple pattern rules match, Make decides among them through its implicit-rule search, rather than unconditionally choosing the latest definition. Discarding the earlier reverse edge here therefore omits a real prerequisite from the exported graph and can calculate the wrong critical path; preserve/model all alternatives instead of replacing them with the last rule.

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GNU Make chooses among matching pattern rules through implicit-rule search using the actual build state. This graph representation has no applicability state, so retaining all alternatives as ordinary edges would incorrectly treat them as conjunctive prerequisites. The current code documents and preserves the existing single stored-alternative contract with matching forward and reverse edges. I am leaving this thread open as a scope decision rather than resolving it as fixed.

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