From cd5f4a833d2ca7449799b8a25a43226c74be5026 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:48:45 -0700
Subject: Split the fetch rule into two

---
 ninja.rc | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ninja.rc b/ninja.rc
index b0064d29..8b618054 100644
--- a/ninja.rc
+++ b/ninja.rc
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@ fn sym {
 
 fn fetch {
 	allsrcs=`{printf %s\n $allsrcs | sort -u}
-	if(! ~ $#allsrcs 0) build $"allsrcs fetch$1 '|' '$dir'/.rev
+	if(! ~ $#allsrcs 0) {
+		# Use a phony rule and stamp file to prevent ninja from making
+		# parent directories.
+		build '$outdir'/fetch.stamp fetch$1 '|' '$dir'/.rev
+		build $"allsrcs phony '$outdir'/fetch.stamp
+	}
 	status=()
 }
 
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