gh-151365: Temporarily downgrade Git to prevent fatal error - #155495
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Is it possible to explicitly declare the version limit in the command, plz? |
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LGTM.
It works as expected. For example, I see "git version 2.43.0" in the "Downgrade Git" step of Docs/Docs CI job.
| # to avoid "fatal: shallow file has changed since we read it" bug. | ||
| # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/151365. | ||
| run: | | ||
| sudo apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades git/noble-updates git-man/noble-updates |
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I didn't know this /noble-updates syntax. I understand that it's a way to request the git version of Ubuntu 24.04.
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Something like this? sudo apt-get install -y --allow-downgrades 'git=1:2.43.*' 'git-man=1:2.43.*' |
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@hugovk yep, something along those lines. I was hoping for a |
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Downgrading takes 7 seconds.
Upgrading via build from source (+cache) or Homebrew are likely to take longer.