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Ship licence text in the macOS and Linux archives #7

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Expand Up @@ -174,6 +174,14 @@ def bundle_gcm(dest: str, arch: str) -> None:
uninstall = os.path.join(gcm_dir, "uninstall.sh")
if os.path.exists(uninstall):
os.remove(uninstall)
# The tarball carries NOTICE but not the MIT text it refers to. Anchorpoint
# generates its third-party notices from this tree, so fetch the licence
# from the same tag rather than shipping a NOTICE with nothing behind it.
license_url = (
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git-ecosystem/"
f"git-credential-manager/v{GCM_VERSION}/LICENSE"
)
urllib.request.urlretrieve(license_url, os.path.join(gcm_dir, "LICENSE"))
os.chmod(os.path.join(gcm_dir, "git-credential-manager"), 0o755)

shim = os.path.join(git_core_dir(dest), "git-credential-manager")
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -347,6 +355,21 @@ def build_git_linux(git_source: str, dest: str) -> None:
raise SystemExit("[git-dist] git build failed")


def install_git_license(git_source: str, dest: str) -> None:
"""Install git's own licence text next to the binaries.

`make install` does not ship COPYING. On Windows the question never arises:
build_git_windows unpacks the Git SDK, which already carries LICENSE.txt and
a share/licenses tree for the MSYS2 DLLs it bundles. The macOS and Linux
builds link system libraries instead, so git's own terms are the whole set.
"""
src = os.path.join(git_source, "COPYING")
if not os.path.exists(src):
raise SystemExit(f"[git-dist] COPYING not found in {git_source}")
shutil.copy2(src, os.path.join(dest, "LICENSE.txt"))
print(f"Git licence installed at {os.path.join(dest, 'LICENSE.txt')}")


# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Distribution hygiene + config
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
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elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
git_source = resolve_path(config, "gitsource", "GIT_SOURCE_PATH", required=True)
build_git_macos(git_source, dest, arch)
install_git_license(git_source, dest)
build_gitlfs(gitlfs, dest, goos="darwin", goarch="amd64" if arch == "x86_64" else "arm64")
bundle_gcm(dest, arch)
elif platform.system() == "Linux":
git_source = resolve_path(config, "gitsource", "GIT_SOURCE_PATH", required=True)
build_git_linux(git_source, dest)
install_git_license(git_source, dest)
build_gitlfs(gitlfs, dest, goos="linux", goarch="amd64" if arch == "x86_64" else "arm64")
bundle_gcm(dest, arch)
else:
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