Implemented hack to make nightlies work

bob/devtools/scripts/build.py

@@ -177,6 +177,31 @@ def build(
         group,
     )
 
+    #### HACK to avoid ripgrep ignoring bin/ directories in our checkouts
+     project_dir = os.path.dirname(recipe_dir[0])
+     import shutil
+     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(project_dir, '.gitignore')):
+         logger.warn('Removing ".gitignore" to overcome issues with ripgrep')
+         logger.warn('See https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112')
+         os.unlink(os.path.join(project_dir, '.gitignore'))
+     #### END OF HACK
+
+     #### HACK that avoids this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(project_dir,'LICENSE')) and os.path.exists(recipe_dir[0]):
+        logger.warn('Creating symlink in `./conda` to avoid issue with conda build (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
+        logger.warn('Replacing ../LICENSE to LICENSE (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
+        pwd = project_dir
+        
+        # WE NEED TO COPY. FOR SOME REASON SYMLINK DOESN'T WORK IN THIS CASE
+        shutil.copyfile(f"{pwd}/LICENSE", f"{pwd}/conda/LICENSE")
+        if(os.path.exists(os.path.join(project_dir,'COPYING'))):
+            shutil.copyfile(f"{pwd}/COPYING", f"{pwd}/conda/COPYING")
+        recipe = open(os.path.join(recipe_dir[0],"meta.yaml")).readlines()
+        recipe = [l.replace("../COPYING","COPYING").replace("../LICENSE","LICENSE") for l in recipe]
+        open(os.path.join(recipe_dir[0],"meta.yaml"), "wt").write(''.join(recipe))
+
+    #### END OF HACK
+
     # get potential channel upload and other auxiliary channels
     channels = get_channels(
         public=(not private),