Removes additional fetching from git

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-tags: true # required for "git describe"
 
-      - name: Fetch more data from git
-        run: |
-          # fetch everything back till the $(ZIG_VERSION) tag.
-          # https://stackoverflow.com/a/58082274
-          git fetch --shallow-exclude ${{ env.ZIG_VERSION }}
-          git fetch --deepen=2
+      # - name: Fetch more data from git
+      #   run: |
+      #     # fetch everything back till the $(ZIG_VERSION) tag.
+      #     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/58082274
+      #     git fetch --shallow-exclude ${{ env.ZIG_VERSION }}
+      #     git fetch --deepen=2
 
       - name: Setup Zig
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-tags: true # required for "git describe"
 
-      - name: Fetch more data from git
-        run: |
-          # fetch everything back till the $(ZIG_VERSION) tag.
-          # https://stackoverflow.com/a/58082274
-          git fetch --shallow-exclude ${{ env.ZIG_VERSION }}
-          git fetch --deepen=2
+      # - name: Fetch more data from git
+      #   run: |
+      #     # fetch everything back till the $(ZIG_VERSION) tag.
+      #     # https://stackoverflow.com/a/58082274
+      #     git fetch --shallow-exclude ${{ env.ZIG_VERSION }}
+      #     git fetch --deepen=2
 
       - name: Setup Zig
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2

tools/bundle.py

@@ -168,7 +168,12 @@ def build_zig_tools():
 # Determines the correct version:
 def get_version_from_git() -> str:
 
-    raw_git_out = slurp("git", "describe", "--match", "*.*.*", "--tags", "--abbrev=9", cwd=REPO_ROOT).strip().decode()
+    raw_git_out = slurp("git", "describe", "--match", "*.*.*", "--tags", "--abbrev=9", cwd=REPO_ROOT, allow_failure=True)
+    if raw_git_out is not None:
+        raw_git_out = raw_git_out.strip().decode()
+    else:
+        print("failed to get version from git, using 'development'", file=sys.stderr)
+        return "development"
 
     def render_version(major,minor,patch,counter,hash):
         return f"{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{counter}-{hash}"

tools/lib/common.py

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 
 VERBOSE = False
 
-def execute_raw(*args,hide_stderr = False,**kwargs):
+def execute_raw(*args,hide_stderr: bool = False, allow_failure: bool = False  **kwargs):
     args = [ str(f) for f in args]
     if VERBOSE:
         print(*args)
     res = subprocess.run(args, **kwargs, check=False)
     if res.stderr is not None and (not hide_stderr or res.returncode != 0):
         sys.stderr.buffer.write(res.stderr)
-    if res.returncode != 0:
+    if not allow_failure and res.returncode != 0:
         sys.stderr.write(f"command {' '.join(args)} failed with exit code {res.returncode}")
         sys.exit(res.returncode)
     return res