Re: [PATCH] scripts/setlocalversion on readonly source

[Nico Schottelius]

Hello everybody,

Christian Kujau [Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 01:30:18PM -0700]:
> [...] 
>   + git update-index --refresh --unmerged
>   fatal: Unable to create '.git/index.lock': Read-only file system
> 
> [...] throw this error [...] takes quite a long time to run, 
> [...] on a read-only NFS mount.

Agreed, one can spent time better.

But

> The following patch makes the error go away:
> [...] 
> +	touch . 2>/dev/null && git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null

changing stuff (mtime here) where it is not necessary is maybe not
the best thing todo. I suggest instead checking for a writable directory
(which is what you want todo anyway):

[ -w . ] && git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null

Full patch including comment cleanup is attached below.

Sincerly,

Nico


Do not update index on read only media.
Idea published by Christian Kujau <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 0079047..46989b8 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ if head=`git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
 	        printf -- '-svn%s' "`git svn find-rev $head`"
 	fi
 
-	# Are there uncommitted changes?
-	git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
+	# Update index only on r/w media
+	[ -w . ] && git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
+
+	# Check for uncommitted changes
 	if git diff-index --name-only HEAD | grep -v "^scripts/package" \
 	    | read dummy; then
 		printf '%s' -dirty

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