If .gnulib is deleted unexpectedly, autogen.sh will fail with message:
fatal: ambiguous argument '.gnulib': unknown revision or path not in the working
tree.
Use '--' to separate paths from revisions, like this:
'git <command> [<revision>...] -- [<file>...]'
which is actually given by git diff .gnulib, which doesn't exist.
In the case to run bootstrap to create .gnulib.
---
autogen.sh | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index d183397..07c58a1 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ bootstrap_hash()
# Only run bootstrap from a git checkout, never from a tarball.
if test -d .git; then
curr_status=.git-module-status
- t=$(bootstrap_hash; git diff .gnulib)
+ if test -d .gnulib; then
+ t=$(bootstrap_hash; git diff .gnulib)
+ fi
case $t:${CLEAN_SUBMODULE+set} in
*:set) ;;
*-dirty*)
--
1.7.11.7