strace/README-github_gitlab-autogenerated-archives.txt
Dmitry V. Levin 9eeab98448 Disable git-archive
Since configure uses git-version-gen which in turn depends
on "git describe" or  a .tarball-version file, raw archives
generated by "git archive" cannot be built.

* .gitattributes: New file.
* README-github_gitlab-autogenerated-archives.txt: Likewise.
2018-09-18 21:54:17 +00:00

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github/gitlab autogenerated archives are not supported
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This information applies to bundles automatically generated
by github and gitlab.
strace's program version is maintained using git-version-gen script, therefore,
building strace depends on "git describe" (a full git clone is needed for this)
or, alternatively, a .tarball-version file. Neither github nor gitlab can
provide the latter, they also do not allow to inject a .tarball-version file
during export archiving.