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-rwxr-xr-xcontrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py
index f301964280..a1fe78a643 100755
--- a/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py
+++ b/contrib/verify-commits/verify-commits.py
@@ -178,7 +178,20 @@ def main():
allow_unclean = current_commit in unclean_merge_allowed
if len(parents) == 2 and check_merge and not allow_unclean:
current_tree = subprocess.check_output([GIT, 'show', '--format=%T', current_commit]).decode('utf8').splitlines()[0]
- recreated_tree = subprocess.check_output([GIT, "merge-tree", parents[0], parents[1]]).decode('utf8').splitlines()[0]
+
+ # This merge-tree functionality requires git >= 2.38. The
+ # --write-tree option was added in order to opt-in to the new
+ # behavior. Older versions of git will not recognize the option and
+ # will instead exit with code 128.
+ try:
+ recreated_tree = subprocess.check_output([GIT, "merge-tree", "--write-tree", parents[0], parents[1]]).decode('utf8').splitlines()[0]
+ except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+ if e.returncode == 128:
+ print("git v2.38+ is required for this functionality.", file=sys.stderr)
+ sys.exit(1)
+ else:
+ raise e
+
if current_tree != recreated_tree:
print("Merge commit {} is not clean".format(current_commit), file=sys.stderr)
subprocess.call([GIT, 'diff', recreated_tree, current_tree])