Flutter needs git>=2.36 since 2025-04-09 #175265
Description
Steps to reproduce
I am on Linux Mint 21.2
$ git --version
git version 2.34.1
$ git clone https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
$ flutter/bin/flutter doctor -v
error: unknown option `format'
usage: git ls-tree [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
-d only show trees
-r recurse into subtrees
-t show trees when recursing
-z terminate entries with NUL byte
-l, --long include object size
--name-only list only filenames
--name-status list only filenames
--full-name use full path names
--full-tree list entire tree; not just current directory (implies --full-name)
--abbrev[=<n>] use <n> digits to display object names
Downloading Linux x64 Dart SDK from Flutter engine e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 255 100 255 0 0 1157 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1159
[/_PATH_/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /_PATH_flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip or
/_PATH_/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip.zip, and cannot find /_PATH_/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip.ZIP, period.
It appears that the downloaded file is corrupt; please try again.
If this problem persists, please report the problem at:
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/new?template=01_activation.yml
Actual results
Commit d2de6c6 introduced a call to git ls-tree --format ... into bin/internal/content_aware_hash.sh.
However, the --format option for git ls-tree has only been added in version 2.36 in April, 2022.
This required version of git is too recent to be available in Debian Bullseye, Ubuntu Jammy LTS, or systems of a similar age. This contradicts with the official documentation.
Ugly workaround: Downgrade the repo to 1f4f037 and skip any recent development.
Logs
Logs
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Flutter Doctor output
Doctor output
$ flutter/bin/flutter doctor -v
error: unknown option `format'
usage: git ls-tree [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
-d only show trees
-r recurse into subtrees
-t show trees when recursing
-z terminate entries with NUL byte
-l, --long include object size
--name-only list only filenames
--name-status list only filenames
--full-name use full path names
--full-tree list entire tree; not just current directory (implies --full-name)
--abbrev[=<n>] use <n> digits to display object names
Downloading Linux x64 Dart SDK from Flutter engine e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 255 100 255 0 0 1157 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 1159
[/_PATH_/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip]
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
the last disk(s) of this archive.
unzip: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /_PATH_flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip or
/_PATH_/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip.zip, and cannot find /_PATH_/flutter/bin/cache/dart-sdk-linux-x64.zip.ZIP, period.
It appears that the downloaded file is corrupt; please try again.
If this problem persists, please report the problem at:
https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/new?template=01_activation.yml