Raise a warning when working with an outdated version of git and attempt to work around it's limitations.

Closes #2536.
2011-03-16 10:47:53 -04:00 · 2011-03-16 10:47:53 -04:00 · dde0d33f00
parent 564c5a4ee8
commit dde0d33f00
1 changed files with 4 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/build_tools/autorevision.sh
+++ b/build_tools/autorevision.sh
@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ function gitRepo {
 	
 	# Enumeration of changesets
 	VCS_NUM="$(git rev-list --count HEAD)"
+	if [ -z "${VCS_NUM}" ]; then
+		echo "warning: Your version of git is outdated and cause errors when compiling, please upgrade."
+		VCS_NUM="$(git rev-list HEAD | wc -l)"
+	fi
 	
 	# The full revision hash
 	VCS_FULL_HASH="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"