On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 12:10:06PM +0100, Stéphane Glondu wrote: > > I fixed the elpi package by using something a bit hackish: I added git > > as dep, and if I don't see a .git in the build directory, I create one! > > > > Here is what the execute_before_dh_auto_build target does: > > if test -f .git; then \ > > @echo "Found .git, ok"; \ > > else \ > > touch .false_git; \ > > git init --initial-branch=main; \ > > git config user.email "f...@bar.baz"; \ > > git config user.name "Foo Bar"; \ > > git add dune; \ > > git commit -m foo; \ > > git tag -a v$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM) -m foo; \ > > fi > > > > and here is what the execute_after_dh_auto_clean does: > > if test -f .false_git; then \ > > rm -rf .false_git .git; \ > > fi > > This is ugliness to paper over ugliness. Please do not! > > My approach to this specific problem would be to add to dune the possibility > to use some configuration file (or environment variables) as input for the > substitutions, instead of directly querying the VCS. This configuration > could then be set up as part of the Debian packaging.
FYI: If all upstream wants is git metadata I like to introduce them to the wonderful, but obscure, git `export-subst` feature. See git-attributes(1). Works with forges, git-archive and everything. Example: https://github.com/YosysHQ/yosys/commit/222e7a2da345f01980d9261c40c5d50eced4f9ab thoug this was later improved by others https://github.com/YosysHQ/yosys/commit/9d15f1d6ac4a9ff2e1f87cda8c366659027fb76f If that's not enough can you point us to what this upstream is doing exactly? --Daniel
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