Package: git-buildpackage Version: 0.4.62 Severity: normal Hi,
I've been bit by a nasty and subtle bug yesterday when using --git-export=WC in the same checkout for multiple versions of my packaged software. I'll get straight down to the cause of the bug. When --git-export=WC is given, the function write_wc in git-buildpackage creates a tree object by adding all files in the working copy to the index. To prevent messing up the current index, it sets GIT_INDEX_FILE to .git/gbp_index. However, no effort is made to clean up this index file, either before or afterwards. This means that if I have files in my working copy, I run git-buildpackage with --git-export=WC, remove the files and run it again, these files will still be in the exported build dir. I'm not sure if the index file is still needed after write_wc is done, but perhaps the file can simply be removed afterwards? Alternatively, a git rm -r --cached . before the git add -f . could be more robust. Even more pretty would probably be to remove the file afterwards, but also check that it doesn't exist yet beforehand (and error out if it does). Gr. Matthijs -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc8 (PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages git-buildpackage depends on: ii devscripts 2.10.59 scripts to make the life of a Debi ii git-core 1:1.6.5.4-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi ii python 2.5.4-4 An interactive high-level object-o ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-3 powerful extensions to the standar ii python-support 1.0.6 automated rebuilding support for P Versions of packages git-buildpackage recommends: ii pristine-tar 1.00 regenerate pristine tarballs Versions of packages git-buildpackage suggests: pn git-load-dirs <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
