From 4e5015a9440dbf0acebcc96c71a6a618cafc0173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oleg Smirnov <osmirnov@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 10:44:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #223

---
 scabha/configuratt/deps.py | 4 ++++
 stimela/commands/build.py  | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scabha/configuratt/deps.py b/scabha/configuratt/deps.py
index 2eee8b9b..1986c789 100644
--- a/scabha/configuratt/deps.py
+++ b/scabha/configuratt/deps.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import datetime
 import fnmatch
 import subprocess
+from shutil import which
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 from omegaconf.omegaconf import OmegaConf, DictConfig, ListConfig
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class ConfigDependencies(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.deps = OmegaConf.create()
         self.fails = OmegaConf.create()
+        self._git = which("git")
         # self.provides = OmegaConf.create()
         # self.requires = OmegaConf.create()
     
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ def _get_git_info(self, dirname: str):
         # check cache first
         if dirname in self._git_cache:
             return self._git_cache[dirname]
+        if not self._git:
+            return None
         try:
             branches = subprocess.check_output("git -c color.ui=never branch -a -v -v".split(), 
                                                 cwd=dirname, 
diff --git a/stimela/commands/build.py b/stimela/commands/build.py
index 2d286285..7f5d7288 100644
--- a/stimela/commands/build.py
+++ b/stimela/commands/build.py
@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@
                 help="""explicitly skips steps wth the given tags. 
                 Use commas, or give multiple times for multiple tags.""")
 @click.option("-e", "--enable-step", "enable_steps", metavar="STEP(s)", multiple=True,
-                help="""Force-enable steps even if the recipe marks them as skipped. Use commas, or give multiple times 
+                help="""Builds a step even if the recipe marks it as skipped. Use commas, or give multiple times 
                 for multiple steps.""")
-@click.option("-a", "--assign", metavar="PARAM VALUE", nargs=2, multiple=True,
-                help="""assigns values to parameters: equivalent to PARAM=VALUE, but plays nicer with the shell's 
-                tab completion.""")
 @click.option("-l", "--last-recipe", is_flag=True,
                 help="""if multiple recipes are defined, selects the last one for building.""")
 @click.argument("what", metavar="filename.yml|cab name")