Build problem using github release file

[0-wiz-0]

I've tried building git-cinnabar 0.6.1 using the github tarball from the release.
I see the following failure:

error: failed to run custom build command for `git-cinnabar v0.6.1 (/scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1)`                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                          
Caused by:                                                                                                                                                                                
  process didn't exit successfully: `/scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/target/release/build/git-cinnabar-1195f9ca7f690327/build-script-build` (exit status: 101)          
  --- stdout                                                                                                                                                                              
  OPT_LEVEL = Some("3")                                                                                                                                                                   
  TARGET = Some("x86_64-unknown-netbsd")                                                                                                                                                  
  HOST = Some("x86_64-unknown-netbsd")                                                                                                                                                    
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CC_x86_64-unknown-netbsd                                                                                                                                     
  CC_x86_64-unknown-netbsd = None                                                                                                                                                         
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CC_x86_64_unknown_netbsd                                                                                                                                     
  CC_x86_64_unknown_netbsd = None                                                                                                                                                         
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=HOST_CC                                                                                                                                                      
  HOST_CC = None                                                                                                                                                                          
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CC                                                                                                                                                           
  CC = Some("gcc")                                                                                                                                                                        
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFLAGS_x86_64-unknown-netbsd                                                                                                                                 
  CFLAGS_x86_64-unknown-netbsd = None                                                                                                                                                     
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_netbsd                                                                                                                                 
  CFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_netbsd = None                                                        
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=HOST_CFLAGS  
  HOST_CFLAGS = None                                                                                                                                                                      
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFLAGS       
  CFLAGS = Some("-O2 -g -fPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-clash-protection -I/usr/pkg/include")
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS                                                                                                                                         
  CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS = None                                                                                                                                                             
  DEBUG = Some("false")                                                                                                                                                                   
  CARGO_CFG_TARGET_FEATURE = Some("fxsr,sse,sse2")             
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFLAGS_x86_64-unknown-netbsd
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFLAGS_x86_64_unknown_netbsd
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CFLAGS
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=TARGET_CFLAGS                                                   
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=DEP_CURL_INCLUDE
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=DEP_CURL_STATIC
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=DEP_Z_INCLUDE
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CC_x86_64-unknown-netbsd
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CC_x86_64_unknown_netbsd
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CC
  cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=CRATE_CC_NO_DEFAULTS
  gmake[1]: Entering directory '/scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/target/release/build/git-cinnabar-57c10060bfb9abfb/out'
  echo "ifndef FAKE_INCLUDE" > config.mak.uname
  echo "#!/bin/sh" > detect-compiler
  git -C /scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1 submodule sync
  echo "include /scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/git-core/config.mak.uname" >> config.mak.uname
  echo ". /scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/git-core/detect-compiler" >> detect-compiler
  chmod +x detect-compiler
  echo "endif" >> config.mak.uname
  echo "ifndef FAKE_INCLUDE" > config.mak.dev
  echo "include /scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/git-core/config.mak.dev" >> config.mak.dev
  echo "endif" >> config.mak.dev
  gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/target/release/build/git-cinnabar-57c10060bfb9abfb/out'

  --- stderr
  fatal: not a git repository (or any parent up to mount point /)
  Stopping at filesystem boundary (GIT_DISCOVERY_ACROSS_FILESYSTEM not set).
  gmake[1]: *** [/scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/src/build.mk:17: /scratch/wip/git-cinnabar/work/git-cinnabar-0.6.1/git-core/Makefile] Error 128
  thread 'main' panicked at 'assertion failed: cmd.env(\"MAKEFLAGS\",\n                    format!(\"-j {}\",\n                        env(\"CARGO_MAKEFLAGS\"))).current_dir(&out_dir).st
atus().expect(\"Failed to execute GNU make\").success()', build.rs:229:5
  note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace
warning: build failed, waiting for other jobs to finish...

This looks like it wants to extract some information using git from the tarball which fails because it's not a git repository,
but I'm not sure what the proper solution or workaround is.

[glandium]

This is not a use case that I try to cater for. I wish github allowed to either make the source code archives include submodules or to skip them entirely, but unfortunately, neither option exists.

You can use e.g. cargo-download to get the source from crates.io, or clone the repo.

[0-wiz-0]

Fair enough, thanks for the information.