[Buildroot] [PATCH] Restore .git directory in git package downloads
Ricardo Martincoski
ricardo.martincoski at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 23:37:50 UTC 2017
James,
[Either I or my mail client did something stupid and the e-mail did not reach
the mailing list and the patchwork. Resending to the list]
On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 01:00 AM, James Balean wrote:
> +++ b/support/download/git
> @@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ if [ ${recurse} -eq 1 ]; then
> _git submodule update --init --recursive
> fi
>
> -# We do not need the .git dir; we keep other .git files, in case they
> -# are the only files in their directory.
> -rm -rf .git
This patch cannot be applied as-is because:
- it would make the tarballs for git packages not reproducible as the contents
now depend on the state of the remote server (i.e. in some cases a full clone
is needed; assume a tarball is generated, then a new commit is created in the
remote server in any branch, a new full clone with the same reference as
version would include that new commit and therefore the tarball is different);
- it would make the tarballs for git packages much larger (gigabytes for some
linux trees) as they now include the .git directory;
Of course I am not against the discussion looking for another solution.
Regards,
Ricardo
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