[PATCH] scripts/setlocalversion: fix false positive -dirty tag from ctime

From: Gregory Fong
Date: Tue Mar 10 2015 - 19:03:44 EST


git-diff-index cannot detect that a file hasn't actually changed when the
file's ctime has changed (e.g. if chmod was used but didn't actually result in
any changes), which was causing setlocalversion to incorrectly add a -dirty
tag. Run git-update-index beforehand to make sure that the index is correct.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Fong <gregory.0xf0@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Quick test:
make defconfig
make prepare
chmod u+w Kbuild # any chmod that doesn't result in a change will do
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y /bin/sh scripts/setlocalversion $PWD | grep -q dirty && echo "FAIL" || echo "OK"

scripts/setlocalversion | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 63d91e2..9e97364 100755
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ scm_version()
# Check for git and a git repo.
if test -z "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup 2>/dev/null)" &&
head=`git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
+ # Update the index
+ git update-index -q --refresh

# If we are at a tagged commit (like "v2.6.30-rc6"), we ignore
# it, because this version is defined in the top level Makefile.
--
1.9.1

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