# Regression test for https://go.dev/issue/51748: by default, 'go build' should # not attempt to stamp VCS information when the VCS tool is not present. [short] skip [!exec:git] skip cd sub exec git init . exec git add sub.go exec git commit -m 'initial state' cd .. exec git init exec git submodule add ./sub exec git add go.mod example.go exec git commit -m 'initial state' # Control case: with a git binary in $PATH, # 'go build' on a package in the same git repo # succeeds and stamps VCS metadata by default. go build -o example.exe . go version -m example.exe stdout '^\tbuild\tvcs=git$' stdout '^\tbuild\tvcs.modified=false$' # Building a binary from a different (nested) VCS repo should not stamp VCS # info. It should be an error if VCS stamps are requested explicitly with # '-buildvcs' (since we know the VCS metadata exists), but not an error # with '-buildvcs=auto'. go build -o sub.exe ./sub go version -m sub.exe ! stdout '^\tbuild\tvcs' ! go build -buildvcs -o sub.exe ./sub stderr '\Aerror obtaining VCS status: main package is in repository ".*" but current directory is in repository ".*"\n\tUse -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.\n\z' cd ./sub go build -o sub.exe . go version -m sub.exe ! stdout '^\tbuild\tvcs' ! go build -buildvcs -o sub.exe . stderr '\Aerror obtaining VCS status: main module is in repository ".*" but current directory is in repository ".*"\n\tUse -buildvcs=false to disable VCS stamping.\n\z' cd .. # After removing 'git' from $PATH, 'go build -buildvcs' should fail... env PATH= env path= ! go build -buildvcs -o example.exe . stderr 'go: missing Git command\. See https://golang\.org/s/gogetcmd$' # ...but by default we should omit VCS metadata when the tool is missing. go build -o example.exe . go version -m example.exe ! stdout '^\tbuild\tvcs' # The default behavior can be explicitly set with '-buildvcs=auto'. go build -buildvcs=auto -o example.exe . go version -m example.exe ! stdout '^\tbuild\tvcs' # Other flag values should be rejected with a useful error message. ! go build -buildvcs=hg -o example.exe . stderr '\Ainvalid boolean value "hg" for -buildvcs: value is neither ''auto'' nor a valid bool\nusage: go build .*\nRun ''go help build'' for details.\n\z' -- go.mod -- module example go 1.18 -- example.go -- package main func main() {} -- sub/sub.go -- package main func main() {}