From 6147b1cf19651c7de297e69108b141fb30aa2349 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Genki Sky Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:26:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/setlocalversion: git: Make -dirty check more robust $(git diff-index) relies on the index being refreshed. This refreshing of the index used to happen, but was removed in cdf2bc632ebc ("scripts/setlocalversion on write-protected source tree", 2013-06-14) due to issues with a read-only filesystem. If the index is not refreshed, one runs into problems. E.g. as described in [0], git stores the uid in its index, so even if just the uid has changed (or git is tricked into thinking so), then we will think the tree is dirty. So as in [1], if you package linux-git with a system that uses fakeroot(1), you get a "-dirty" version. Unless you manually $(git update-index --refresh) themselves. The simplest solution seems to be $(git status --porcelain), with an additional flag saying "ignore untracked files". It seems clearer about what it does, and avoids issues regarding cached indexes and writable filesystems, but still has stable output for scripting. [0]: https://public-inbox.org/git/0190ae30-b6c8-2a8b-b1fb-fd9d84e6dfdf@oracle.com/ [1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=236702 Signed-off-by: Genki Sky Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- scripts/setlocalversion | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion index 71f39410691b..79f7dd57d571 100755 --- a/scripts/setlocalversion +++ b/scripts/setlocalversion @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ scm_version() fi # Check for uncommitted changes - if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | grep -qv "^scripts/package"; then + if git status -uno --porcelain | grep -qv '^.. scripts/package'; then printf '%s' -dirty fi -- 2.30.2