From 717bb07dcf603019d1134596d9e3ef8abd1cb4c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Mair <code@mjmair.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 00:17:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Possible fix for git messages (#4882)

* yank git stuff out

* fix tests

* Add check for git to reduce warning logs
Fixes #4428

* reverse git removal

* and more resetting
---
 InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py
index e87214118e..12e58d1d80 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/version.py
@@ -93,6 +93,30 @@ def inventreeDjangoVersion():
     return django.get_version()
 
 
+git_available: bool = None  # is git available and used by the install?
+
+
+def check_for_git():
+    """Check if git is available on the install."""
+    global git_available
+
+    if git_available is not None:
+        return git_available
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output('git --version'.split(), stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    except Exception:
+        git_available = False
+
+    if git_available is None:
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output('git status'.split(), stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+            git_available = True
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            git_available = False
+
+
 def inventreeCommitHash():
     """Returns the git commit hash for the running codebase."""
     # First look in the environment variables, i.e. if running in docker
@@ -101,6 +125,9 @@ def inventreeCommitHash():
     if commit_hash:
         return commit_hash
 
+    if not check_for_git():
+        return None
+
     try:
         return str(subprocess.check_output('git rev-parse --short HEAD'.split()), 'utf-8').strip()
     except Exception:  # pragma: no cover
@@ -115,6 +142,9 @@ def inventreeCommitDate():
     if commit_date:
         return commit_date.split(' ')[0]
 
+    if not check_for_git():
+        return None
+
     try:
         d = str(subprocess.check_output('git show -s --format=%ci'.split()), 'utf-8').strip()
         return d.split(' ')[0]