Catch and report git errors (#353)

Former-commit-id: 7c867171e4

.gitignore

@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ laconic-so
 laconic_stack_orchestrator.egg-info
 __pycache__
 *~
-build
+package
+app/data/build_tag.txt

app/setup_repositories.py

@@ -175,4 +175,8 @@ def command(ctx, include, exclude, git_ssh, check_only, pull, branches_file):
                         git_repo.git.checkout(branch_to_checkout)
 
     for repo in repos:
-        process_repo(repo)
+        try:
+            process_repo(repo)
+        except git.exc.GitCommandError as error:
+            print(f"\n******* git command returned error exit status:\n{error}")
+            sys.exit(1)

scripts/build_shiv_package.sh

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Builds the shiv "package" for distribution
 mkdir -p ./package
-version_string=$( ./app/data/version.txt )
+version_string=$( ./scripts/create_build_tag_file.sh )
 shiv -c laconic-so -o package/laconic-so-${version_string} .

scripts/developer-mode-setup.sh

@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ if [[ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]]; then
 fi
 python3 -m venv venv
 source ./venv/bin/activate
-pip install --editable .
+python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 pip install shiv
+pip install --editable .