[Bug 789596] New: gstreamer build fails if .git isn't in the expected place

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789596

            Bug ID: 789596
           Summary: gstreamer build fails if .git isn't in the expected
                    place
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git master
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: don't know
          Assignee: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: a.j.buxton at gmail.com
        QA Contact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---

Because of:

    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/autogen.sh#n37

If the .git directory is not at the top of the repository then this will fail.

There are multiple reasons why this might be the case: the repository might be
a submodule of some other, or the working dir may have been checked out to a
different place.

This also affects the meson build system, see:

    https://cgit.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/tree/meson.build#n454

And it also affects all gstreamer plugin repositories which use the common
submodule.


The actual location of the .git directory can be found with:

    git rev-parse --git-dir

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