sergey-safarov opened a new issue #1016: Cannot build from tar archive URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/1016 I want build source from archive but this not possible. ## Expected Behavior ``` wget https://github.com/apache/couchdb/archive/master.tar.gz tar xzf master.tar.gz cd couchdb-master export COUCHDB_VERSION=2.1.0 ./configure --disable-docs make ``` As result compiled CouchDB source ## Current Behavior I got error ``` Compiled src/couch_epi_app.erl Compiled src/couch_epi_codechange_monitor.erl Compiled src/couch_epi.erl ERROR: sh(git describe --always --tags) failed with return code 128 and the following output: fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git ERROR: compile failed while processing /home/build/qq/couchdb-master/src/couch_epi: rebar_abort make: *** [Makefile:69: couch] Error 1 ``` ## Possible Solution I not know ## Steps to Reproduce (for bugs) already described at section "Expected Behavior" ## Context I want package CouchdDB using Alpine package manager. usage of source archives is preferred by package manager rather than git repository. Now i cannot package CouchDB using standard way. ## Your Environment alpine linux 3.6
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