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[PATCH] contrib/persistent-https: update ldflags syntax for Go 1.7+

From
Parker Moore <parkrmoore@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2016, 20:44 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Parker Moore <parkrmoore@gmail.com>

This fixes contrib/persistent-https builds for Go v1.7+ and is compatible with Go v1.5+.

Running `make all` in `contrib/persistent-https` results in a failure on Go 1.7 and above.

Specifically, the error is:
    go build -o git-remote-persistent-https \
   -ldflags "-X main._BUILD_EMBED_LABEL 1468613136"
    # _/Users/parkr/github/git/contrib/persistent-https
    /usr/local/Cellar/go/1.7rc1/libexec/pkg/tool/darwin_amd64/link: -X
flag requires argument of the form importpath.name=value
    make: *** [git-remote-persistent-https] Error 2

This `name=value` syntax for the -X flag was introduced in Go v1.5 (released Aug 19, 2015):

- release notes: https://golang.org/doc/go1.5#link
- commit: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/12795c02f3d6fc54ece09a86e70aaa40a94d5131
In Go v1.7, support for the old syntax was removed:
- release notes: https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.7#compiler
- commit: https://github.com/golang/go/commit/51b624e6a29b135ce0fadb22b678acf4998ff16f
This patch includes the `=` to fix builds with Go v1.7+.
---
 contrib/persistent-https/Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/persistent-https/Makefile
b/contrib/persistent-https/Makefile
index 92baa3be..033140b 100644
--- a/contrib/persistent-https/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/persistent-https/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ git-remote-persistent-http: git-remote-persistent-https

 git-remote-persistent-https:
  go build -o git-remote-persistent-https \
- -ldflags "-X main._BUILD_EMBED_LABEL $(BUILD_LABEL)"
+ -ldflags "-X main._BUILD_EMBED_LABEL=$(BUILD_LABEL)"

 clean:
  rm -f git-remote-persistent-http* *.tar.gz
Next: Jeff King
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  1. contrib/persistent-https: update ldflags syntax for Go 1.7+Parker Moore, Jul 15, 2016
  2. Jeff KingJul 16, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 18, 2016
  4. Parker MooreJul 19, 2016
  5. Shawn PearceJul 19, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2016
  7. Parker MooreJul 19, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2016

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