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Re: FYI: new inter-release version strings, e.g., 6.9-219-g58ddd,
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Dmitry V. Levin |
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Re: FYI: new inter-release version strings, e.g., 6.9-219-g58ddd, |
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:21:35 +0400 |
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 05:50:31PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> For example, now when I run "make dist", rather than getting the always
> identically-named coreutils-6.9+.tar.gz, I get tarballs with more
> meaningful names:
>
> coreutils-6.9.220.gdd469.tar.gz
> coreutils-6.9.223.g624d1.tar.gz
>
> Similarly, --version output reflects the snapshot:
>
> $ src/cat --version| head -1
> cat (GNU coreutils) 6.9.223.g624d1
Since "g" is common prefix produced by git describe, maybe it could be
omitted? Also, maybe 4 hexdigits is enough to distinguish snapshots?
E.g. 6.9.223.624d instead of 6.9.223.g624d1.
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