koch.nim: critical fix for the tar.xz installations

koch.nim

@@ -188,21 +188,25 @@ proc buildNimble(latest: bool) =
   # here so that it cannot cause problems (nimble bug #306):
   if dirExists("bin/nimblepkg"):
     removeDir("bin/nimblepkg")
+  # if koch is used for a tar.xz, build the dist/nimble we shipped
+  # with the tarball:
   var installDir = "dist/nimble"
-  if not dirExists("dist/nimble/.git"):
+  if not latest and dirExists(installDir) and not dirExists("dist/nimble/.git"):
-    # if dist/nimble exist, but is not a git repo, don't mess with it:
+    discard "don't do the git dance"
-    if dirExists(installDir):
+  else:
-      var id = 0
+    if not dirExists("dist/nimble/.git"):
-      while dirExists("dist/nimble" & $id):
+      if dirExists(installDir):
-        inc id
+        var id = 0
-      installDir = "dist/nimble" & $id
+        while dirExists("dist/nimble" & $id):
-    exec("git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble.git " & installDir)
+          inc id
-  withDir(installDir):
+        installDir = "dist/nimble" & $id
-    if latest:
+      exec("git clone https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble.git " & installDir)
-      exec("git checkout -f master")
+    withDir(installDir):
-    else:
+      if latest:
-      exec("git checkout -f stable")
+        exec("git checkout -f master")
-    exec("git pull")
+      else:
+        exec("git checkout -f stable")
+      exec("git pull")
   nimexec("c --noNimblePath -p:compiler " & installDir / "src/nimble.nim")
   copyExe(installDir / "src/nimble".exe, "bin/nimble".exe)