undefined reference to `git_branch_name_is_valid'

[leecannon]

Describe the bug
After commit d42b003 (found by git bisect) compilation fails with the error:

error: linking with `cc` failed: exit status: 1
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  = note: "cc" "-m64" "/home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/deps/gitui-949dd8264f23690b.gitui.f8472fbe-cgu.0.rcgu.o" "-Wl,--as-needed" "-L" "/home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/deps" "-L" "/usr/lib" "-L" "/home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/build/libssh2-sys-0a8acf086ff3fcc8/out/build" "-L" "/home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/build/openssl-sys-5066e3da5d8b1711/out/openssl-build/install/lib" "-L" "/home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/build/sys-info-0e15c68dea07eaab/out" "-L" "/home/lee/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-Wl,-Bstatic" "/tmp/rustcDHIJrs/libsys_info-9829c21529521aca.rlib" "/tmp/rustcDHIJrs/liblibssh2_sys-839056c310076187.rlib" "/tmp/rustcDHIJrs/libopenssl_sys-62ae95b1ef6c5efb.rlib" "-Wl,--start-group" "-Wl,--end-group" "/home/lee/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/libcompiler_builtins-96219fb718f2f3e8.rlib" "-Wl,-Bdynamic" "-lgit2" "-lz" "-lgcc_s" "-lutil" "-lrt" "-lpthread" "-lm" "-ldl" "-lc" "-Wl,--eh-frame-hdr" "-Wl,-znoexecstack" "-L" "/home/lee/.rustup/toolchains/nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/rustlib/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib" "-o" "/home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/deps/gitui-949dd8264f23690b" "-Wl,--gc-sections" "-pie" "-Wl,-zrelro" "-Wl,-znow" "-nodefaultlibs"
  = note: /usr/bin/ld: /home/lee/src/gitui/target/release/deps/gitui-949dd8264f23690b.gitui.f8472fbe-cgu.0.rcgu.o: in function `gitui::app::App::draw_popups':
          gitui.f8472fbe-cgu.0:(.text._ZN5gitui3app3App11draw_popups17h582edd87cb015eb4E+0x3692): undefined reference to `git_branch_name_is_valid'
          collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

  = help: some `extern` functions couldn't be found; some native libraries may need to be installed or have their path specified
  = note: use the `-l` flag to specify native libraries to link
  = note: use the `cargo:rustc-link-lib` directive to specify the native libraries to link with Cargo (see https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-scripts.html#cargorustc-link-libkindname)

error: could not compile `gitui` due to previous error

Context (please complete the following information):

• OS/Distro + Version: Arch
• GitUI Version: master
• Rust version: 1.56.0-nightly (0035d9dce 2021-08-16)
• libgit2 version: 1.1.1
• gcc version: 11.1.0

[extrawurst]

That’s an upstream issue: rust-lang/git2-rs#721
You essentially cannot link against some system libgit2 version

[alerque]

Just bumped into this issue trying to update the official package for Arch Linux. It would be much appreciated if we could refrain from relying on things that are not released in dependencies yet. Keeping a devel branch with the goodies to be merged as soon as upstream releases them would be preferable.

Is there any chance of working around this by making some adjustments and not using any of the APIs in unreleased versions yet? Is the functionality so critical it can't be accomplished another way?

[extrawurst]

we will soon get a new git2-rs release providing us with the necessary functions. will followup with a release myself then to fix these issues.

relevant upstream PR: rust-lang/git2-rs#744

[extrawurst]

ok we are getting closer. only a git2-rs release missing: rust-lang/git2-rs#745

after that I will do a release and bundling up a gitui release in distros should be easier again

[extrawurst]

in the light of this: libgit2/libgit2sharp#1907 (comment)
I might wait a week to see if libgit2 releases a patch version that changes the memory layout again.

[jairbubbles]

I don't know if you've seen but the new method git_branch_name_is_valid was not exported correctly in v1.2.0 (see libgit2/libgit2#6032)

[extrawurst]

I don't know if you've seen but the new method git_branch_name_is_valid was not exported correctly in v1.2.0 (see libgit2/libgit2#6032)

actually git_remote_name_is_valid was exported incorrectly so it should not affect us

[jairbubbles]

You're totally right! 😅