[bitbake-devel] [PATCH 1/1] fetch2/git.py: remove .indirectiondir workaround

[Robert Yang]

It was used for workaround git 1.7.9.2 which was released in 2012 which
should not be existed on nowadays host, so remove it to avoid
confusions.

Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang at windriver.com>
---
 bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py | 18 +-----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 0513348..526668b 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -262,23 +262,7 @@ class Git(FetchMethod):
         if ud.bareclone:
             cloneflags += " --mirror"
 
-        # Versions of git prior to 1.7.9.2 have issues where foo.git and foo get confused
-        # and you end up with some horrible union of the two when you attempt to clone it
-        # The least invasive workaround seems to be a symlink to the real directory to
-        # fool git into ignoring any .git version that may also be present.
-        #
-        # The issue is fixed in more recent versions of git so we can drop this hack in future
-        # when that version becomes common enough.
-        clonedir = ud.clonedir
-        if not ud.path.endswith(".git"):
-            indirectiondir = destdir[:-1] + ".indirectionsymlink"
-            if os.path.exists(indirectiondir):
-                os.remove(indirectiondir)
-            bb.utils.mkdirhier(os.path.dirname(indirectiondir))
-            os.symlink(ud.clonedir, indirectiondir)
-            clonedir = indirectiondir
-
-        runfetchcmd("%s clone %s %s/ %s" % (ud.basecmd, cloneflags, clonedir, destdir), d)
+        runfetchcmd("%s clone %s %s/ %s" % (ud.basecmd, cloneflags, ud.clonedir, destdir), d)
         os.chdir(destdir)
         repourl = self._get_repo_url(ud)
         runfetchcmd("%s remote set-url origin %s" % (ud.basecmd, repourl), d)
-- 
2.8.0