When git fails the rather terse backtrace only indicates it failed
without some useful context. Add some to make the log a little more
useful.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

---
v2
  - keep check_call, just don't redirect stdout/err
---
 .gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py   | 5 ++---
 .gitlab-ci.d/check-patch.py | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py b/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py
index 632c8bcce8..d221b16bd5 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 reponame = os.path.basename(cwd)
 repourl = "https://gitlab.com/%s/%s.git" % (namespace, reponame)
 
+print(f"adding upstream git repo @ {repourl}")
 subprocess.check_call(["git", "remote", "add", "check-dco", repourl])
-subprocess.check_call(["git", "fetch", "check-dco", "master"],
-                      stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                      stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+subprocess.check_call(["git", "fetch", "check-dco", "master"])
 
 ancestor = subprocess.check_output(["git", "merge-base",
                                     "check-dco/master", "HEAD"],
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/check-patch.py b/.gitlab-ci.d/check-patch.py
index 39e2b403c9..68c549a146 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/check-patch.py
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/check-patch.py
@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@
 reponame = os.path.basename(cwd)
 repourl = "https://gitlab.com/%s/%s.git" % (namespace, reponame)
 
+print(f"adding upstream git repo @ {repourl}")
 # GitLab CI environment does not give us any direct info about the
 # base for the user's branch. We thus need to figure out a common
 # ancestor between the user's branch and current git master.
 subprocess.check_call(["git", "remote", "add", "check-patch", repourl])
-subprocess.check_call(["git", "fetch", "check-patch", "master"],
-                      stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
-                      stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+subprocess.check_call(["git", "fetch", "check-patch", "master"])
 
 ancestor = subprocess.check_output(["git", "merge-base",
                                     "check-patch/master", "HEAD"],
-- 
2.39.5

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 12:33:58PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
> When git fails the rather terse backtrace only indicates it failed
> without some useful context. Add some to make the log a little more
> useful.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> 
> ---
> v2
>   - keep check_call, just don't redirect stdout/err
> ---
>  .gitlab-ci.d/check-dco.py   | 5 ++---
>  .gitlab-ci.d/check-patch.py | 5 ++---
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

> 

With regards,
Daniel
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