X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=absurd%2Fgit;h=0f562b549ea83f0c5fcc8326e223fecfca3cc751;hp=86050082f1d38bc1ceb5f9ecb6472556530bbebd;hb=5026d3c30a7046299179ca3ba422fb21505cdf4d;hpb=815eb9d89a743bcd20e566eaabbfd2233109b24b

diff --git a/absurd/git b/absurd/git
index 86050082..0f562b54 100755
--- a/absurd/git
+++ b/absurd/git
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
 		index=1
 		continue
 		;;
+	1.--whitespace=fix)
+		continue
+		;;
 	?.-*)
 		fail "UNKNOWN OPTION $arg ($*)"
 		;;
@@ -76,9 +79,33 @@ fi
 pwd=`pwd`
 patch=${patch#$pwd/debian/patches/}
 rm -f debian/patches/series
-printf "%s\n" "$patch" >debian/patches/series
 
+# Work around #848611.
+# We need a stunt filename which the source package must not
+# contain.  A trick is to use the commit hash of HEAD, whose
+# hash value cannot appear in any file in its own tree.
+omgwtf="dgit-omg-wtf-$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+cat <<END >debian/patches/$omgwtf
+---
+--- a/$omgwtf	2016-10-31 23:28:47.314155919 +0000
++++ b/$omgwtf	2016-12-18 22:40:01.870058270 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++:
+END
+printf "%s\n" "$omgwtf" >debian/patches/series
+printf "%s\n" "$patch" >>debian/patches/series
+
+# Just in case some joker tries to patch .git/something
+mv .git ../.git
+set +e
 dpkg-source --before-build .
+rc=$?
+set -e
+rm -rf .git
+mv ../.git .
+test $rc = 0
+
+rm -f $omgwtf debian/patches/$omgwtf
 
 rm -rf .pc
 git checkout debian/patches/series