On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 at 18:08, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 05:31:52PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> > > > index 65a885ea69..d8ef24bacb 100644
> > > > --- a/meson.build
> > > > +++ b/meson.build
> > > > @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ config_host = keyval.load(meson.current_build_dir() /
> > > > 'config-host.mak')
> > > > enable_modules = 'CONFIG_MODULES' in config_host
> > > > enable_static = 'CONFIG_STATIC' in config_host
> > > >
> > > > +in_gitrepo = run_command('test', '-d', '.git', check:
> > > > false).returncode() == 0
> > >
> > > Should we use Meson's fs.is_dir() rather than running a shell?
> > > (https://mesonbuild.com/Fs-module.html)
> >
> > Will investigate
>
> Probably not a good idea as-is; .git need not be a directory, but can
> also be a symlink. So 'test -e .git' is the better check (see
> scripts/qemu-version.sh); but if you can write an existence check in
> meson (instead of a directory check), then go for it.
There is a fs.exists(), yes. I just suggested .is_dir() because
the code as written here is doing a -d check, not a -e check.
-- PMM
