catch exception during git access

.github/workflows/test_build.yml

@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-name: OpenDTU-onBattery Test Build
-
-on: push
-
-jobs:
-  get_default_envs:
-    name: Gather Environments
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
-      - name: Install PlatformIO
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade platformio
-
-      - name: Get default environments
-        id: envs
-        run: |
-          echo "environments=$(pio project config --json-output | jq -cr '.[1][1][0][1]|split(",")')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    outputs:
-      environments: ${{ steps.envs.outputs.environments }}
-
-  build:
-    name: Build Enviornments
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: get_default_envs
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        environment: ${{ fromJSON(needs.get_default_envs.outputs.environments) }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Get tags
-        run: git fetch --force --tags origin
-
-      - name: Cache pip
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
-
-      - name: Cache PlatformIO
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.platformio
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/lockfiles') }}
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
-      - name: Install PlatformIO
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install --upgrade platformio
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js and yarn
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: "18"
-          cache: "yarn"
-          cache-dependency-path: "webapp/yarn.lock"
-
-      - name: Install WebApp dependencies
-        run: yarn --cwd webapp install --frozen-lockfile
-
-      - name: Build WebApp
-        run: yarn --cwd webapp build
-
-      - name: Build firmware
-        run: pio run -e ${{ matrix.environment }}
-
-      - name: Rename Firmware
-        run: mv .pio/build/${{ matrix.environment }}/firmware.bin .pio/build/${{ matrix.environment }}/opendtu-onbattery-${{ matrix.environment }}.bin
-
-      - name: Rename Factory Firmware
-        run: mv .pio/build/${{ matrix.environment }}/firmware.factory.bin .pio/build/${{ matrix.environment }}/opendtu-onbattery-${{ matrix.environment }}.factory.bin
-
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: opendtu-onbattery-${{ matrix.environment }}
-          path: |
-            .pio/build/${{ matrix.environment }}/opendtu-onbattery-${{ matrix.environment }}.bin
-            .pio/build/${{ matrix.environment }}/opendtu-onbattery-${{ matrix.environment }}.factory.bin

pio-scripts/auto_firmware_version.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2022 Thomas Basler and others
 #
 import pkg_resources
+from dulwich import porcelain
 
 Import("env")
 
@@ -13,19 +14,22 @@ missing_pkgs = required_pkgs - installed_pkgs
 if missing_pkgs:
     env.Execute('"$PYTHONEXE" -m pip install dulwich')
 
-from dulwich import porcelain
 
 def get_firmware_specifier_build_flag():
     try:
         build_version = porcelain.describe('.')  # '.' refers to the repository root dir
-        branch_name = porcelain.active_branch('.').decode('utf-8')
+    except Exception as err:
-    except:
+        print(f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
         build_version = "g0000000"
+    try:
+        branch_name = porcelain.active_branch('.').decode('utf-8')  # '.' refers to the repository root dir
+    except Exception as err:
+        print(f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
         branch_name = ""
     build_flag = "-D AUTO_GIT_HASH=\\\"" + build_version + "\\\" "
     build_flag += "-D AUTO_GIT_BRANCH=\\\"" + branch_name + "\\\""
-    print ("Firmware Revision: " + build_version)
+    print("Firmware Revision: " + build_version)
-    print ("Firmware build on branch: " + branch_name)
+    print("Firmware build on branch: " + branch_name)
     return (build_flag)
 
 env.Append(