Re: [PATCH] scripts: Refine git-checkout.sh change for different branches

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, Andrew Cooper wrote:

> On 31/10/2024 1:47 pm, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> > The change works for divergent branches, but doesn't work for explicit SHAs.
> >
> > Instead of passing `-b $TAG` to clone, explicitly fetch the $TAG we want 
> > after
> > cloning.
> >
> > Fixes: c554ec124b12 ("scripts: Fix git-checkout.sh to work with branches 
> > other than master")
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Speculative fix, pending CI:
> >   https://gitlab.com/xen-project/people/andyhhp/xen/-/pipelines/1521847529
> 
> Nope.  While this works on staging, it breaks on 4.17
> 
> Back to the drawing board.
 
I am not certain about this but maybe we need:

  $GIT fetch origin

without the $TAG