External package recognition for git. (#18010)

Co-authored-by: Adam J. Stewart <ajstewart426@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
index 8ecedd8c89..c8c0fef40a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/git/package.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
 
 import sys
+import re
+import os
 from spack import *
 
 
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ class Git(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "http://git-scm.com"
     url      = "https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.12.0.tar.gz"
 
+    executables = ['^git$']
+
     # In order to add new versions here, add a new list entry with:
     # * version: {version}
     # * sha256: the sha256sum of the git-{version}.tar.gz
@@ -206,6 +210,22 @@ class Git(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('m4',       type='build')
     depends_on('tk',       type=('build', 'link'), when='+tcltk')
 
+    @classmethod
+    def determine_version(cls, exe):
+        output = Executable(exe)('--version', output=str, error=str)
+        match = re.search(r'git version (\S+)', output)
+        return match.group(1) if match else None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def determine_variants(cls, exes, version_str):
+        prefix = os.path.dirname(exes[0])
+        variants = ''
+        if 'gitk' in os.listdir(prefix):
+            variants += '+tcltk'
+        else:
+            variants += '~tcltk'
+        return variants
+
     # See the comment in setup_build_environment re EXTLIBS.
     def patch(self):
         filter_file(r'^EXTLIBS =$',