linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "scripts/setlocalversion: git: Make -dirty check more robust"

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Message-ID: <20181107.212646.134137464@genki.is>
Date:   Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:26:46 -0800
From:   Genki Sky <sky@...ki.is>
To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>, lists@...dbynature.de,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "scripts/setlocalversion: git: Make -dirty check
 more robust"

On Wed, 7 Nov 2018 13:18:19 -0800, Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org> wrote:
> From reading the thread it sounds like Guenter was not even super
> happy with that based on the principal that you wouldn't expect a
> kernel build to be doing write operations in your .git directory even
> if $objtree == $srctree

I see, thanks.

> In theory you could wrap it.  If passing git with
> "--no-optional-locks" doesn't work you could fall back to the old
> code?  That would mean only people with newer git would get your new
> feature and everyone else would stick with the pre-existing behavior.
>
> It does seem like any things like this should be done atop Guenter's
> revert.  AKA: revert first to get things working the way that they
> were and then start talking about how to make it better.

Okay, it's trading one regression for another, but I guess it's clear
that yours is much more painful. Sorry to have held up progress here.
I'll back out of the discussion until this is reverted.