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Date:   Sun, 7 May 2023 04:17:10 +0530
From:   Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
To:     LinuxKernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Subject: Debian package build from upstream source need git repo?? Failing...
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Hey,
While building the customary kernel from from source with my frivolous script
and it is now failing with this error:

/usr/bin/make -f ./scripts/Makefile.package deb-pkg
# GEN     debian
   ./scripts/package/mkdebian --need-source
   error: creating source package requires git repository
   make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.package:40: check-git] Error 1
   make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
   warning: Not a git repository. Use --no-index to compare two paths outside a
   working tree

  I can vividly remember that it was working fine few months back...in fact
  building the 6.2.2 kernel. I am certainly missing the updated information of
  change. The damn script just untar the tarball and build.

  Masahiro?? Git repo requirement is mandatory to build from source, why? Was
  it the case??

  Or I probably doing something horrendous, but I can assure you that I haven't
  change a single word in my script, as I mentioned it works file with last
  release build.

  Please shed some light.
--
Thanks,
Bhaskar

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