The GitHub's CI workflow uses 'actions/checkout@v4' to checkout the
repository. This action defaults to using the GitHub REST API to obtain
the repository if the `git` executable isn't available.
The step to build Git in the GitHub workflow can be summarized as:
...
- uses: actions/checkout@v4 #1
- run: ci/install-dependencies.sh #2
...
- run: sudo --preserve-env --set-home --user=builder ci/run-build-and-tests.sh #3
...
Step #1, clones the repository, since the `git` executable isn't present
at this step, it uses GitHub's REST API to obtain a tar of the
repository.
Step #2, installs all dependencies, which includes the `git` executable.
Step #3, sets up the build, which includes setting up meson in the meson
job. At this point the `git` executable is present.
This means while the `git` executable is present, the repository doesn't
contain the '.git' folder. To keep both the CI's (GitLab and GitHub)
behavior consistent and to ensure that the build is performed on a
real-world scenario, install `git` before the repository is checked out.
This ensures that 'actions/checkout@v4' will clone the repository
instead of using a tarball. We also update the package cache while
installing `git`, this is because some distros will fail to locate the
package without updating the cache.
Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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