Re: fatal: Not a git repository

[Jim Meyering]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> The vc_exe_in_TESTS checks fail when building outside $(srcdir).

Thanks for reporting that.
FYI, that happens only with a non-srcdir build using the git tree.
I.e., it's not tested by "make distcheck".

Here's the fix:

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b091bb4..fe4bfab 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-29  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>
+
+       Avoid test failure in non-srcdir build vs. the git tree.
+       * tests/check.mk (vc_exe_in_TESTS): Run this test only in a
+       srcdir build directory.  Reported by Andreas Schwab.
+
 2007-10-28  Jim Meyering  <address@hidden>

        Define ENOTSUP, not ENOSYS.  Needed on OpenBSD 3.9.
diff --git a/tests/check.mk b/tests/check.mk
index 39b094d..4c299e6 100644
--- a/tests/check.mk
+++ b/tests/check.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # one that does not end in '\'.
 _v = TESTS
 vc_exe_in_TESTS: Makefile
-       @if test -d $(top_srcdir)/.git; then                            \
+       @if test -d $(top_srcdir)/.git && test $(srcdir) = .; then      \
          sed -n '/^$(_v) = \\$$/,/[^\]$$/p' $(srcdir)/Makefile.am      \
            | sed 's/^  *//;/^\$$.*/d;/^$(_v) =/d'                      \
            | tr -s '\012\\' '  ' | fmt -1 | sort -u > t1 &&            \
--
1.5.3.4.395.g85b0