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Tarball update when working with cloned repositories #4002

@jhein32

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@jhein32

When downloading sources using git_configand changing options such as tagor keep_git_dir, the source tarball doesn't get recreated to reflect these changes. EB keeps working with the "old" tarball. No warning is given and the issues is not even in the documentation.

A possible way forward, is for EasyBuild to include its own meta-data, e.g. the git_config options into the tarball. When there is a mismatch of the options in the config and the tarball, one could give one or more of:

  • Warning
  • Interactive option to download a new source, this would require some mechanism to handle non-interactive EB use

This was discussed with @boegel in the EB slack.

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