From 7dd9711c6459a5b1ff46514133028b3030afe444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tonye Jack <jtonye@ymail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:50:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: validate the minimum required git version (#572)

* feat: validate the minimum required git version

Closes: #564

* Update diff-sha.sh

* Update diff-sha.sh

Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update diff-sha.sh

Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 diff-sha.sh | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/diff-sha.sh b/diff-sha.sh
index 1aad74d5948..645885c3661 100644
--- a/diff-sha.sh
+++ b/diff-sha.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,27 @@ if [[ -n $INPUT_PATH ]]; then
   cd "$REPO_DIR"
 fi
 
-git --version 1>/dev/null 2>&1 && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+
+echo "Verifying git version..."
+
+function __version() { 
+  echo "$@" | awk -F. '{ printf("%d%03d%03d%03d\n", $1,$2,$3,$4); }'; 
+}
+
+GIT_VERSION=$(git --version | awk '{print $3}'); exit_status=$?   
 
 if [[ $exit_status -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "::error::git not installed"
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if [[ $(__version "$GIT_VERSION") -lt $(__version "2.18.0") ]]; then
+  echo "::error::Invalid git version. Please upgrade git ($GIT_VERSION) to >= (2.18.0)"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "Valid git version found: ($GIT_VERSION)"
+fi
+
 echo "::debug::Getting HEAD SHA..."
 
 if [[ -z $INPUT_SHA ]]; then