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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc1
-rw-r--r--tests/fetchGit.sh13
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc
index 0d0b11958..fb664cffb 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchGit.cc
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ GitInfo exportGit(ref<Store> store, const std::string & uri,
Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/git";
if (!pathExists(cacheDir)) {
- createDirs(cacheDir);
runProgram("git", true, { "init", "--bare", cacheDir });
}
diff --git a/tests/fetchGit.sh b/tests/fetchGit.sh
index 65d673c08..b556fe594 100644
--- a/tests/fetchGit.sh
+++ b/tests/fetchGit.sh
@@ -119,3 +119,16 @@ path4=$(nix eval --raw "(builtins.fetchGit $repo).outPath")
# Confirm same as 'dev' branch
path5=$(nix eval --raw "(builtins.fetchGit { url = $repo; ref = \"dev\"; }).outPath")
[[ $path3 = $path5 ]]
+
+
+# Nuke the cache
+rm -rf $TEST_HOME/.cache/nix/git
+
+# Try again, but without 'git' on PATH
+NIX=$(command -v nix)
+# This should fail
+(! PATH= $NIX eval --raw "(builtins.fetchGit { url = $repo; ref = \"dev\"; }).outPath" )
+
+# Try again, with 'git' available. This should work.
+path5=$(nix eval --raw "(builtins.fetchGit { url = $repo; ref = \"dev\"; }).outPath")
+[[ $path3 = $path5 ]]