scripts/setlocalversion on write-protected source tree

ckujau · michal42 · commit cdf2bc632ebc · 2013-06-24T00:08:01.000+02:00
I just stumbled across another[0] issue when scripts/setlocalversion operates on a write-protected source tree. Back then[0] the source tree was on an read-only NFS share, so "test -w" was introduced before "git update-index" was run. This time, the source tree is on read/write NFS share, but the permissions are world-readable and only a specific user (or root) can write. Thus, "test -w ." returns "0" and then runs "git update-index", producing the following message (on a dirty tree): fatal: Unable to create '/usr/local/src/linux-git/.git/index.lock': Permission denied While it says "fatal", compilation continues just fine. However, I don't think a kernel compilation should alter the source tree (or the .git directory) in any way and I don't see how removing "git update-index" could do any harm. The Mercurial and SVN routines in scripts/setlocalversion don't have any tree-modifying commands, AFAICS. So, maybe the patch below would be acceptable. [0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/29718/ Signed-off-by: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> Cc: Nico Schottelius <nico-linuxsetlocalversion@schottelius.org> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ scm_version()
 			printf -- '-svn%s' "`git svn find-rev $head`"
 		fi
 
-		# 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 -qv "^scripts/package"; then
 			printf '%s' -dirty
