From: Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 04:27:03 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: ci: ubuntu: use GNU coreutils for dirname
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ci: ubuntu: use GNU coreutils for dirname

The uutils version of `dirname` has output that is inconsistent
with GNU coreutils. Prefer the GNU implementation of this command.

Signed-off-by: Colin Stagner <ask+git@howdoi.land>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---

diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.sh b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
index 6ee8216a05..c55441d9df 100755
--- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ ubuntu-*|i386/ubuntu-*|debian-*)
 		sudo update-alternatives --set sudo /usr/bin/sudo.ws
 	fi
 
+	# on uutils v0.2.2 from rust-coreutils,
+	#     dirname "foo/."
+	# outputs "." instead of "foo" like it should.
+	# Use GNU coreutils to provide dirname instead.
+	#
+	# See <https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10508>.
+	if test -x /usr/bin/gnudirname
+	then
+		ln -sfT /usr/bin/gnudirname /usr/bin/dirname
+	fi
+
 	case "$distro" in
 	ubuntu-*)
 		mkdir --parents "$CUSTOM_PATH"