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Re: [PATCH] git-version-gen: detect untagged revisions
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Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] git-version-gen: detect untagged revisions |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:40:37 +0100 |
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On 13/04/15 23:04, Mats Erik Andersson wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I have for some time been disturbed by the fact that 'git-version-gen'
> relies on the presence of an annotated tag in order to pick a good
> revision string. The following patch is adding a mechanism to use
> the call 'git describe --always' as the very last resort, in the
> sense that it enters only if the fallback string is empty.
>
> The addition of a leading 'g' to the revision hash is mostly a
> convenience, but the usability of the patched version applied
> to some cloned directory of small depth turned out more pleasant
> than I had expected.
Pushed.
thanks,
Pádraig.