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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"git version(s) for V8 CI","articleBody":" _Originally posted by @richardlau in [#4462](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/4462#issuecomment-5730441041)_\n\n> From @aduh95, \n> > FYI I've tried https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66070 with https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/65891 in https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-v8-linux/7380/nodes=benchmark-ubuntu2404-intel-64,v8test=v8test/, but it shows\n> > ```\n> > Error: Command 'git -c color.ui=never checkout --quiet --end-of-options 25c29f04c9127e1ca09e6c1181f74850aa7f118b' returned non-zero  exit status 1 in ./v8/third_party/libpfm4\n> > error: pathspec '--end-of-options' did not match any file(s) known to git\n> > ```\n> >\n> > Would that indicate an incompatible version of git? --end-of-options was added in https://gitlab.com/git-scm/git/-/blob/HEAD/Documentation/RelNotes/2.44.0.adoc\n> \n> AFAICT use of `--end-of-options` has come from https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/tools/depot_tools/+/8401307. On our V8 CI this is causing the Ubuntu 24.04 x64 build to fail but the RHEL 8 ppc64le and s390x builds still work, which appear to be due to the version of git installed.\n> \n> From the CI I ran for https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/66070, which was before depot_tools adopted `--end-of-options`,\n> - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-v8-linux/7377/nodes=benchmark-ubuntu2404-intel-64,v8test=v8test/consoleFull\n> ```\n> 17:55:55 git update is recommended.\n> 17:55:55 Installed git version is 2.43.0;\n> 17:55:55 depot_tools recommends version 2.46.0 or later.\n> 17:55:55 Disable this warning by setting the GCLIENT_SUPPRESS_GIT_VERSION_WARNING\n> 17:55:55 environment variable to 1.\n> ```\n> - https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-v8-linux/7377/nodes=rhel8-s390x,v8test=v8test/consoleFull (git version is the same on RHEL 8 ppc64le)\n> ```\n> 17:58:00 git update is recommended.\n> 17:58:00 Installed git version is 2.43.7;\n> 17:58:00 depot_tools recommends version 2.46.0 or later.\n> 17:58:00 Disable this warning by setting the GCLIENT_SUPPRESS_GIT_VERSION_WARNING\n> 17:58:00 environment variable to 1.\n> ```\n> \n> so the version of git on Ubuntu 24.04 is slightly older than the one in RHEL 8, but both are less than the depot_tools recommended version. \n\nTo workaround the immediate problem the job is now [pinning the version of depot_tools](https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/4462#issuecomment-5731568338) in line with what is in `deps/v8/DEPS` (or any override we set in `tools/v8/fetch_deps.py`) but this only means delaying picking up newer versions of depot_tools until Node.js attempts to pick up a newer version of V8 which has rolled depot_tools forward.\n\nWe might need to start planning to shift the V8 CI:\n- for x64 from Ubuntu 24.04 to 26.04.\n- for ppc64le/s390x from RHEL 8 to RHEL 9 (or even 10).","author":{"url":"https://github.com/richardlau","@type":"Person","name":"richardlau"},"datePublished":"2026-09-18T15:49:53Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/build/issues/4476"}