`x.py build` prints suggestions how to use `git`
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Compiling rust 1.86 from source with
../configure --enable-optimize-llvm --enable-extended --llvm-root=/usr/local --enable-profiler --enable-llvm-link-shared --enable-sanitizers --enable-local-rust --disable-docs --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --enable-vendor && ../x.py build
prints the text below. I have downloaded the source code of rust from the bottom of https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html .
The build system (x.py build) should not print suggestions how to execute git.
Compiling wasm-component-ld v0.5.12
Compiling wasm-component-ld-wrapper v0.1.0 (/src/rustc-1.86.0-src/src/tools/wasm-component-ld)
Finished `release` profile [optimized] target(s) in 8m 37s
Building tool llvm-bitcode-linker (stage0 -> stage1, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
Compiling proc-macro2 v1.0.93
Compiling unicode-ident v1.0.14
…
Compiling clap v4.5.26
Compiling llvm-bitcode-linker v0.0.1 (/src/rustc-1.86.0-src/src/tools/llvm-bitcode-linker)
Finished `release` profile [optimized] target(s) in 1m 58s
warning: Not a git repository. Use --no-index to compare two paths outside a working tree
usage: git diff --no-index [<options>] <path> <path>
Diff output format options
-p, --patch generate patch
-s, --no-patch suppress diff output
-u generate patch
-U, --unified[=<n>] generate diffs with <n> lines context
-W, --[no-]function-context
generate diffs with <n> lines context
--raw generate the diff in raw format
--patch-with-raw synonym for '-p --raw'
--patch-with-stat synonym for '-p --stat'
--numstat machine friendly --stat
--shortstat output only the last line of --stat
-X, --dirstat[=<param1>,<param2>...]
output the distribution of relative amount of changes for each sub-directory
--cumulative synonym for --dirstat=cumulative
--dirstat-by-file[=<param1>,<param2>...]
synonym for --dirstat=files,<param1>,<param2>...
--check warn if changes introduce conflict markers or whitespace errors
--summary condensed summary such as creations, renames and mode changes
--name-only show only names of changed files
--name-status show only names and status of changed files
--stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]
generate diffstat
--stat-width <width> generate diffstat with a given width
--stat-name-width <width>
generate diffstat with a given name width
--stat-graph-width <width>
generate diffstat with a given graph width
--stat-count <count> generate diffstat with limited lines
--[no-]compact-summary
generate compact summary in diffstat
--binary output a binary diff that can be applied
--[no-]full-index show full pre- and post-image object names on the "index" lines
--[no-]color[=<when>] show colored diff
--ws-error-highlight <kind>
highlight whitespace errors in the 'context', 'old' or 'new' lines in the diff
-z do not munge pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators in --raw or --numstat
--[no-]abbrev[=<n>] use <n> digits to display object names
--src-prefix <prefix> show the given source prefix instead of "a/"
--dst-prefix <prefix> show the given destination prefix instead of "b/"
--line-prefix <prefix>
prepend an additional prefix to every line of output
--no-prefix do not show any source or destination prefix
--default-prefix use default prefixes a/ and b/
--inter-hunk-context <n>
show context between diff hunks up to the specified number of lines
--output-indicator-new <char>
specify the character to indicate a new line instead of '+'
--output-indicator-old <char>
specify the character to indicate an old line instead of '-'
--output-indicator-context <char>
specify the character to indicate a context instead of ' '
Diff rename options
-B, --break-rewrites[=<n>[/<m>]]
break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create
-M, --find-renames[=<n>]
detect renames
-D, --irreversible-delete
omit the preimage for deletes
-C, --find-copies[=<n>]
detect copies
--[no-]find-copies-harder
use unmodified files as source to find copies
--no-renames disable rename detection
--[no-]rename-empty use empty blobs as rename source
--[no-]follow continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
-l <n> prevent rename/copy detection if the number of rename/copy targets exceeds given limit
Diff algorithm options
--minimal produce the smallest possible diff
-w, --ignore-all-space
ignore whitespace when comparing lines
-b, --ignore-space-change
ignore changes in amount of whitespace
--ignore-space-at-eol ignore changes in whitespace at EOL
--ignore-cr-at-eol ignore carrier-return at the end of line
--ignore-blank-lines ignore changes whose lines are all blank
-I, --[no-]ignore-matching-lines <regex>
ignore changes whose all lines match <regex>
--[no-]indent-heuristic
heuristic to shift diff hunk boundaries for easy reading
--patience generate diff using the "patience diff" algorithm
--histogram generate diff using the "histogram diff" algorithm
--diff-algorithm <algorithm>
choose a diff algorithm
--anchored <text> generate diff using the "anchored diff" algorithm
--word-diff[=<mode>] show word diff, using <mode> to delimit changed words
--word-diff-regex <regex>
use <regex> to decide what a word is
--color-words[=<regex>]
equivalent to --word-diff=color --word-diff-regex=<regex>
--[no-]color-moved[=<mode>]
moved lines of code are colored differently
--[no-]color-moved-ws <mode>
how white spaces are ignored in --color-moved
Other diff options
--[no-]relative[=<prefix>]
when run from subdir, exclude changes outside and show relative paths
-a, --[no-]text treat all files as text
-R swap two inputs, reverse the diff
--[no-]exit-code exit with 1 if there were differences, 0 otherwise
--[no-]quiet disable all output of the program
--[no-]ext-diff allow an external diff helper to be executed
--[no-]textconv run external text conversion filters when comparing binary files
--ignore-submodules[=<when>]
ignore changes to submodules in the diff generation
--submodule[=<format>]
specify how differences in submodules are shown
--ita-invisible-in-index
hide 'git add -N' entries from the index
--ita-visible-in-index
treat 'git add -N' entries as real in the index
-S <string> look for differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified string
-G <regex> look for differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified regex
--pickaxe-all show all changes in the changeset with -S or -G
--pickaxe-regex treat <string> in -S as extended POSIX regular expression
-O <file> control the order in which files appear in the output
--rotate-to <path> show the change in the specified path first
--skip-to <path> skip the output to the specified path
--find-object <object-id>
look for differences that change the number of occurrences of the specified object
--diff-filter [(A|C|D|M|R|T|U|X|B)...[*]]
select files by diff type
--output <file> output to a specific file
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Building sanitizers for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu = None
CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu = None
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported ../x.py build command from a Rust 1.86 source archive configured with the options shown. Trace the build-system path that emits the git diff warning during the llvm-bitcode-linker or sanitizer stages. Done means an archive build completes without printing Git usage or repository errors.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100