(release) Fix making releases

install.sh

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ echo "${MANPATH}" | grep "${MSU_MAN}" > /dev/null || {
 }
 
 
+# there are cases where manpages are not generated yet
 if [ -f docs/man/man1/msu.1 ] && [ -f docs/man/man3/msu.3 ]
 then
   echo "${MARKER} copying manpages"
@@ -75,15 +76,25 @@ then
 fi
 
 
-echo "${MARKER} generating metadata"
-MSU_BUILD_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-MSU_BUILD_DATE=$(git show -s --format=%ci "${MSU_BUILD_HASH}")
+# tarballs do NOT ship with the .git directory
+# instead, the metadata is generated at release time
+if [ -d .git ]
+then
+  echo "${MARKER} generating metadata"
+  MSU_BUILD_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+  MSU_BUILD_DATE=$(git show -s --format=%ci "${MSU_BUILD_HASH}")
+  {
+    echo "MSU_BUILD_HASH='${MSU_BUILD_HASH}'"
+    echo "MSU_BUILD_DATE='${MSU_BUILD_DATE}'"
+  } >> "${MSU_LIB}"/metadata.sh
+fi
+
+
+echo "${MARKER} storing installation configuration"
 {
   echo "MSU_INSTALL_LIB='${LIB}'"
   echo "MSU_INSTALL_BIN='${BIN}'"
   echo "MSU_INSTALL_MAN='${MAN}'"
-  echo "MSU_BUILD_HASH='${MSU_BUILD_HASH}'"
-  echo "MSU_BUILD_DATE='${MSU_BUILD_DATE}'"
 } >> "${MSU_LIB}"/metadata.sh
 
 

release.sh

@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ RELEASE=${MSU_VERSION}
 export RELEASE
 
 
-log "building any raw files"
-make build
-
-
 log "run the tests"
 make test
 
 
+log "building any raw files"
+make build
+
+
 log "creating directory for releases"
 RELEASE_DIR="msu-${MSU_VERSION}"
 RELEASE_TARBALL="msu-${MSU_VERSION}.tar.gz"
@@ -45,8 +45,18 @@ mkdir "${RELEASE_DIR}"
 log "copying the contents of the working directory"
 # shellcheck disable=SC2010
 ls \
-  | grep -Ev "deps|get.sh|install.sh|Makefile|package.json|msu\-|release.sh|test" \
+  | grep -Ev "deps|get.sh|Makefile|package.json|msu\-|release.sh|test" \
   | xargs -I{} cp -rf {} "${RELEASE_DIR}/"
+rm "${RELEASE_DIR}"/docs/man/**/*.txt
+
+
+log "generating metadata"
+MSU_BUILD_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+MSU_BUILD_DATE=$(git show -s --format=%ci "${MSU_BUILD_HASH}")
+{
+  echo "MSU_BUILD_HASH='${MSU_BUILD_HASH}'"
+  echo "MSU_BUILD_DATE='${MSU_BUILD_DATE}'"
+} >> "${RELEASE_DIR}"/lib/metadata.sh
 
 
 log "creating a tarball of the release"