[U-Boot-Users] [DNX#2007021242000016] [PATCH] tools/setlocalversion test for git and .gi [...]

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Hello list,

inside the automatic U-Boot patch tracking system a new ticket
[DNX#2007021242000016] was created:

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> This patch adds commands to tools/setlocalversion to test for a git
> executable and for a .git directory before running 'git name-rev'.  If
> it finds this condition it will return the string '-unknown' to the
> calling program.
> 
> Running git without a .git directory causes a the build to hang in the
> make version step with the git program stopped like so
> $ ps -x | grep git
> 13750 pts/1    S      0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/git rev-parse --verify HEAD
> 
> Our particular reason for not having a .git directory is that we use
> CVS as our standard internal source control.  (Machine gets admin'd by
> someone and backed up nightly), so we have a git pull that we
> periodically import into CVS as a vendor branch.  I think this patch
> would still be useful for vendors who distribute their source tree to
> end users who may or may not have git (and those who make tar files
> and forget hidden directories ;-)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Dyer <amdyer at gmail.com>
> -- 
> Hardware, n.:
>         The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
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