1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index 6ebe368a9e..702db669de 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@ def setup_git_repo(repodir, version, devbranch, basetag='devtool-base', d=None):
         bb.process.run(commit_cmd, cwd=repodir)
 
     # Ensure singletask.lock (as used by externalsrc.bbclass) is ignored by git
+    gitinfodir = os.path.join(repodir, '.git', 'info')
+    try:
+        os.mkdir(gitinfodir)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        pass
     excludes = []
-    excludefile = os.path.join(repodir, '.git', 'info', 'exclude')
+    excludefile = os.path.join(gitinfodir, 'exclude')
     try:
         with open(excludefile, 'r') as f:
             excludes = f.readlines()