Index: alarmMapping.sh
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diff -u -r9ae3b0d6624904693329309aaf8ff02784c17184 -raa7591d9f61f5d8d5a2b3604d4c37d6cea829700
--- alarmMapping.sh	(.../alarmMapping.sh)	(revision 9ae3b0d6624904693329309aaf8ff02784c17184)
+++ alarmMapping.sh	(.../alarmMapping.sh)	(revision aa7591d9f61f5d8d5a2b3604d4c37d6cea829700)
@@ -17,9 +17,19 @@
 # update common repo
 echo "update the common repo"
 cd common
-git pull
+if ( test -d .git ); then
+  git pull
+fi
 cd ..
 
+if ! ( test -x ../scripts/build/alarmMapping ); then
+  echo "Alarm Mapping tool doesn't exist. Continues by assuming the Alarm Table is updated."
+  # if return anything other than 0 build stops running next steps.
+  # it is ok for the dev_test to not to have the script folder and
+  # common folder not as a repository.
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # update the alarm messaging
 echo "update the alarm message mapping"
 ../scripts/build/alarmMapping                \
@@ -30,3 +40,4 @@
 
 echo "move the Alarm code mapping to current location(./)"
 mv ../scripts/build/AlarmMapping.csv .
+