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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py b/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py index 8578b110fc..aa96bbbe51 100644 --- a/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py +++ b/lib/spack/spack/fetch_strategy.py @@ -734,7 +734,11 @@ class GitFetchStrategy(VCSFetchStrategy): @property def git(self): if not self._git: - self._git = spack.util.git.git() + try: + self._git = spack.util.git.git(required=True) + except CommandNotFoundError as exc: + tty.error(str(exc)) + raise # Disable advice for a quieter fetch # https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.2.txt |