Re: [RFC] scripts/setlocalversion on write-protected source tree

Hey Christian, Christian Kujau [Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 05:50:49PM -0700]: > Hi, > > [errors when using git update-index - different scenarios] > [...] > > On a side note, 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 remov

[RFC] scripts/setlocalversion on write-protected source tree

Hi, 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,