From b060993afec218c8b2e08367f98b10b2fa824309 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnaud Giersch <arnaud.giersch@iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:58:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use HEAD as default reference for git archive.

The default branch may be undefined.
---
 tools/check_dist_archive | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/check_dist_archive b/tools/check_dist_archive
index 53b1d1f4af..d2821499b8 100755
--- a/tools/check_dist_archive
+++ b/tools/check_dist_archive
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 -o $# -gt 3 ]; then
     cat <<EOF
-Usage: $0 [-batch] archive.tar.gz [git_url [git_branch]]
+Usage: $0 [-batch] archive.tar.gz [git_url [git_reference]]
 EOF
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ fi
 
 if [ $# -ge 2 ]; then
     giturl=$2
-    gitbranch=${3:-master}
+    gitref=${3:-master}
 else
     giturl=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
-    gitbranch=$(git branch | sed -n '/^\*/{s/^..//;p;}')
+    gitref=HEAD
 fi
 
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ tar --directory "$tmpdir" \
     --transform 's!^[^/]*!a!' \
     --extract --gunzip --file "$archive"
 
-echo "Copying git repository: $giturl/$gitbranch -> $git_dir"
-git archive --format=tar --prefix="b/" --remote="$giturl" "$gitbranch" \
+echo "Copying git repository: $giturl/$gitref -> $git_dir"
+git archive --format=tar --prefix="b/" --remote="$giturl" "$gitref" \
     | tar --directory "$tmpdir" --extract --file -
 
 fa=from_tgz
-- 
2.20.1