lib/oe/patch: Make GitApplyTree._applypatch() support read-only .git/hooks

Rather than modifying files in .git/hooks, which can be read-only
(e.g., if it is a link to a directory in /usr/share), move away the
entire .git/hooks directory temporarily.

Signed-off-by: Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
index 2255ce437b..4e77168dab 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/patch.py
@@ -411,14 +411,15 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
         reporoot = (runcmd("git rev-parse --show-toplevel".split(), self.dir) or '').strip()
         if not reporoot:
             raise Exception("Cannot get repository root for directory %s" % self.dir)
-        commithook = os.path.join(reporoot, '.git', 'hooks', 'commit-msg')
-        commithook_backup = commithook + '.devtool-orig'
-        applyhook = os.path.join(reporoot, '.git', 'hooks', 'applypatch-msg')
-        applyhook_backup = applyhook + '.devtool-orig'
-        if os.path.exists(commithook):
-            shutil.move(commithook, commithook_backup)
-        if os.path.exists(applyhook):
-            shutil.move(applyhook, applyhook_backup)
+        hooks_dir = os.path.join(reporoot, '.git', 'hooks')
+        hooks_dir_backup = hooks_dir + '.devtool-orig'
+        if os.path.lexists(hooks_dir_backup):
+            raise Exception("Git hooks backup directory already exists: %s" % hooks_dir_backup)
+        if os.path.lexists(hooks_dir):
+            shutil.move(hooks_dir, hooks_dir_backup)
+        os.mkdir(hooks_dir)
+        commithook = os.path.join(hooks_dir, 'commit-msg')
+        applyhook = os.path.join(hooks_dir, 'applypatch-msg')
         with open(commithook, 'w') as f:
             # NOTE: the formatting here is significant; if you change it you'll also need to
             # change other places which read it back
@@ -467,12 +468,9 @@ class GitApplyTree(PatchTree):
                     os.remove(tmpfile)
                 return output
         finally:
-            os.remove(commithook)
-            os.remove(applyhook)
-            if os.path.exists(commithook_backup):
-                shutil.move(commithook_backup, commithook)
-            if os.path.exists(applyhook_backup):
-                shutil.move(applyhook_backup, applyhook)
+            shutil.rmtree(hooks_dir)
+            if os.path.lexists(hooks_dir_backup):
+                shutil.move(hooks_dir_backup, hooks_dir)
 
 
 class QuiltTree(PatchSet):