Merge pull request #2682 from matmair/matmair/issue2672

Fix git version bug

InvenTree/plugin/apps.py

@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import logging
 
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from maintenance_mode.core import set_maintenance_mode
 
 from InvenTree.ready import isImportingData
 from plugin import registry
+from plugin.helpers import check_git_version, log_error
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('inventree')
@@ -34,3 +36,8 @@ class PluginAppConfig(AppConfig):
                     # drop out of maintenance
                     # makes sure we did not have an error in reloading and maintenance is still active
                     set_maintenance_mode(False)
+
+            # check git version
+            registry.git_is_modern = check_git_version()
+            if not registry.git_is_modern:  # pragma: no cover  # simulating old git seems not worth it for coverage
+                log_error(_('Your enviroment has an outdated git version. This prevents InvenTree from loading plugin details.'), 'load')

InvenTree/plugin/helpers.py

@@ -94,9 +94,12 @@ def get_git_log(path):
     """
     Get dict with info of the last commit to file named in path
     """
+    from plugin import registry
+
+    output = None
+    if registry.git_is_modern:
         path = path.replace(os.path.dirname(settings.BASE_DIR), '')[1:]
         command = ['git', 'log', '-n', '1', "--pretty=format:'%H%n%aN%n%aE%n%aI%n%f%n%G?%n%GK'", '--follow', '--', path]
-    output = None
         try:
             output = str(subprocess.check_output(command, cwd=os.path.dirname(settings.BASE_DIR)), 'utf-8')[1:-1]
             if output:
@@ -106,9 +109,31 @@ def get_git_log(path):
 
     if not output:
         output = 7 * ['']  # pragma: no cover
+
     return {'hash': output[0], 'author': output[1], 'mail': output[2], 'date': output[3], 'message': output[4], 'verified': output[5], 'key': output[6]}
 
 
+def check_git_version():
+    """returns if the current git version supports modern features"""
+
+    # get version string
+    try:
+        output = str(subprocess.check_output(['git', '--version'], cwd=os.path.dirname(settings.BASE_DIR)), 'utf-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:  # pragma: no cover
+        return False
+
+    # process version string
+    try:
+        version = output[12:-1].split(".")
+        if len(version) > 1 and version[0] == '2':
+            if len(version) > 2 and int(version[1]) >= 22:
+                return True
+    except ValueError:  # pragma: no cover
+        pass
+
+    return False
+
+
 class GitStatus:
     """
     Class for resolving git gpg singing state

InvenTree/plugin/registry.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class PluginsRegistry:
         # flags
         self.is_loading = False
         self.apps_loading = True        # Marks if apps were reloaded yet
+        self.git_is_modern = True       # Is a modern version of git available
 
         # integration specific
         self.installed_apps = []         # Holds all added plugin_paths