git-describe: documentation.

diff --git a/gitMergeCommon.py b/gitMergeCommon.py
index 7e7f317119b4a7082e9151053ad28225f151f1aa..ff6f58a07c8f46563d34876a70449d79d527300c 100644 (file)
--- a/gitMergeCommon.py
+++ b/gitMergeCommon.py
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2005 Fredrik Kuivinen
+#
+
 import sys, re, os, traceback
 from sets import Set
 
-if sys.version_info[0] < 2 or \
-       (sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] < 4):
-    print 'Python version 2.4 required, found', \
-          str(sys.version_info[0])+'.'+str(sys.version_info[1])+'.'+ \
-          str(sys.version_info[2])
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-import subprocess
-
 def die(*args):
     printList(args, sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(2)
 
+def printList(list, file=sys.stdout):
+    for x in list:
+        file.write(str(x))
+        file.write(' ')
+    file.write('\n')
+
+import subprocess
+
 # Debugging machinery
 # -------------------
 
@@ -32,12 +35,6 @@ def debug(*args):
         if funcName in functionsToDebug:
             printList(args)
 
-def printList(list, file=sys.stdout):
-    for x in list:
-        file.write(str(x))
-        file.write(' ')
-    file.write('\n')
-
 # Program execution
 # -----------------
 
@@ -46,6 +43,9 @@ def __init__(self, progStr, error):
         self.progStr = progStr
         self.error = error
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.progStr + ': ' + self.error
+
 addDebug('runProgram')
 def runProgram(prog, input=None, returnCode=False, env=None, pipeOutput=True):
     debug('runProgram prog:', str(prog), 'input:', str(input))
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def buildGraph(heads):
 
 # Write the empty tree to the object database and return its SHA1
 def writeEmptyTree():
-    tmpIndex = os.environ['GIT_DIR'] + '/merge-tmp-index'
+    tmpIndex = os.environ.get('GIT_DIR', '.git') + '/merge-tmp-index'
     def delTmpIndex():
         try:
             os.unlink(tmpIndex)