Hi,

Git is not a part of the base-devel package.
Getting source(s) is necessary and is totally a part of the building process. So if git is necessary to get sources it has to be listed as a makedepends.

Hello,

Technically no it is not needed to be added to makedepends, as if someone is installing the package they probably already have base-devel installed.

I believe officially you do not need to, but it doesn't hurt to specify it.

Hope this helps,
Polarian

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ANtiz (Robin C.)