the snapcore/snapcraft image doesn't have git installed
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Current evaluation
Git was added to the Snapcraft build Dockerfile by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1575 (commit 8910ec250), enabling version: git.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Merged PR canonical/snapcraft#1575 installed Git in the Dockerfile. Commit 8910ec250 records the fix and enables version: git selectors.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Git should be installed in the docker container so we can use version: git in the yaml.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Git was added to the Snapcraft build Dockerfile by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1575 (commit 8910ec250), enabling version: git. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed by merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#1575, which installed Git in the Dockerfile to support YAML using version: git. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Git was added to the Snapcraft Dockerfile to support version: git, resolved by PR #1575 in commit 8910ec250. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without discussion or explicit resolution. Likely abandoned or resolved by upstream snapcraft image updates. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. The request to include git in the snapcore/snapcraft Docker image was abandoned or superseded by newer builds. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Request to install git in the snapcraft Docker image was closed without resolution or maintainer comments, indicating it was abandoned due to inactivity. No fix was implemented. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Request to install git in the snapcore/snapcraft Docker image was closed without resolution. Likely abandoned or superseded by upstream changes. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/snapcraft#1575
(confidence 100%)
The merged PR added Git to the build image and was linked from the issue.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1802899 git package missing from build VM images | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Snapcraft began automatically adding git to build-packages for version: git, fixing builds on VMs without git; merged in snapcore/snapcraft#2403 as a5719521c. | |
| #4944 Install `git` inside core24 build environments | snapcraft | closed | Git was bundled for core24 build environments by merged PR #5149 (commit c7d11ac65), making it available as craft.git on Snapcraft's build PATH. | |
| #1137 Build-depend on git | snapcraft | merged | Merged in canonical/snapcraft#1137 (commit 8b3cb387d), adding git as a direct build dependency so Git source tests can invoke git. | |
| #1663605 Local build fails due to missing build-dependency on git | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by PR snapcore/snapcraft#1137 (commit 8b3cb387d), adding git as a Debian build dependency so Git source tests run in sbuild. | |
| #5149 feat(snap): add git as craft.git to snapcraft | snapcraft | merged | PR merged as commit c7d11ac65: adds a git binary as `craft.git` in $SNAP/libexec/snapcraft for Craft libraries needing a Git client (CRAFT-3547), with new spread tests. |