# [PATCH] GIT-VERSION-GEN: do not fail if a 'HEAD' file exists in the working copy

1 messages from 2008-06-28 to 2008-06-28. Participants: Lea Wiemann.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/14203

## Lea Wiemann, 2008-06-28 17:13

Subject: [PATCH] GIT-VERSION-GEN: do not fail if a 'HEAD' file exists in the working copy
Message-ID: <1214673209-20498-1-git-send-email-LeWiemann@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1214673209-20498-1-git-send-email-LeWiemann%40gmail.com

```
Signed-off-by: Lea Wiemann <LeWiemann@gmail.com>
---
I had a created a "HEAD" file for test purposes (to see under what
conditions commands would fail).  This patch allows git to still be
built even if such a file exists.

 GIT-VERSION-GEN |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index f221447..cb7cd4b 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ elif test -d .git -o -f .git &&
 	case "$VN" in
 	*$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
 	v[0-9]*)
-		test -z "$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD)" ||
+		test -z "$(git diff-index --name-only HEAD --)" ||
 		VN="$VN-dirty" ;;
 	esac
 then
-- 
1.5.6.1.205.g55df3e

```