[pgrouting-dev] git dependency in (at least) pgRouting 2.0

[Stephen Woodbridge]

On 5/10/2013 10:35 PM, Daniel Kastl wrote:
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> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Stephen Mather
> <mather.stephen at gmail.com <mailto:mather.stephen at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Cool.  Thanks Daniel.  I figure I'm the first person to try to
>     install it without git... :).  It was a fresh install though.
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>     Best,
>     Steve
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> Hi Steve,
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> When you meant "Git is a dependency", did you refer to the cmake output
> like this?
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> -- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.7.2
> -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 4.7.2
> ...
> -- Could NOT find Git (missing:  GIT_EXECUTABLE)

We should make this message clearer something like:

-- Could NOT find GIT -- ok to continue without it.

-Steve W

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> This indicates, that Git isn't installed, but it doesn't prevent you
> from compiling.
> So it's not really a dependency, but if Git is there and the source is a
> Git repository, then (as for now) it will place the version hash in the
> documentation for example (in case you build the documentation)
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> Or do you get errors when trying to compile?
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> Daniel
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>     On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Daniel Kastl <daniel at georepublic.de
>     <mailto:daniel at georepublic.de>> wrote:
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>         On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Stephen Mather
>         <mather.stephen at gmail.com <mailto:mather.stephen at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>             Here's a dependency not listed-- git itself is a
>             dependency... .  I know this is a silly thing to point out,
>             but it is possible on github to download a zip of the file
>             without installing git.  Should git be added as a dependency?
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>         I added a Cmake module to get some Git parameters, if available.
>         It should check if it's not a Git repository, though I didn't
>         think about it could fail if Git is not installed at all.
>         Thanks for the comment, because I didn't think about it at all.
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>         I thought the Git module would be smart enough, but of course
>         this shouldn't become a build dependency.
>         Will take a look.
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>         Daniel
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>             Best,
>             Steve
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