[solved] How to source a specific commit in a Git package?

Question

Hi there,
I wonder whether it is possible to use a certain Git commit in the source array of a package.
Example:
freshplayerplugin-git
For debugging purposes I would like to use the commit
8ff0bd0282205802c482c7d47f216feb0d3394a9
I tried the following in the source array and it successfully built the package:
source=('git://github.com/i-rinat/freshplayerplugin.git#commit=8ff0bd0282205802c482c7d47f216feb0d3394a9')
However, I have no idea how to detect whether it actually built from the specific commit or just skipped the #commit appending.
Does anyone know how to source a specific commit?
Thanks ahead!
Last edited by orschiro (2014-07-17 11:21:17)

Answer 1

Correct syntax for Git repository as a source would be:
source=('git+https://<repo-url>#[commit|tag|branch]=<ref>')
To verify it's building correct tree, and moreover to keep sane when dealing with multiple trees I like following pkgver (check https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VC … Guidelines):
pkgver() {
cd "$srcdir/<repo-name>"
printf 'r%s.%s' "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
producing something like:
<package-name-git>-r4.34e558d-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
Also just going to fetched Git tree and checking out what's there is an option (look for makepkg branch), for example:
$ git show-ref
34e558d2ef8b2cae212da3ab3f74513a99f9ee1b refs/heads/makepkg
86350ab5a3a209de4339ef04d75d27c7bd399746 refs/heads/master
86350ab5a3a209de4339ef04d75d27c7bd399746 refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
86350ab5a3a209de4339ef04d75d27c7bd399746 refs/remotes/origin/master
Last edited by mkoskar (2014-07-17 09:13:11)