{"thread":{"id":"21293","subject":"\".dirty\" suffix when building git from the source code","startedAt":"2009-10-20T11:59:05Z","lastAt":"2009-10-20T12:06:32Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Mohamed Bamakhrama","Santi Béjar"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"125468","messageId":"40378e40910200459i14b06002k1b805936e39b5022@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21293","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"\".dirty\" suffix when building git from the source code","fromName":"Mohamed Bamakhrama","fromEmail":"bamakhrama@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-20T11:59:05Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-20T11:59:05Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"bamakhrama@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi all,\n\nI have cloned the git repository and built the v1.6.4.4 tag. The\ncompilation went OK and I got the tool up and running. However, when I\ngenerate patches, I see that the tool comments the patches with\n\"1.6.4.4.dirty\".\n\nMy question is: what is the meaning of the \".dirty\" suffix?\n\nThanks in advance.\n\nBest Regards,\nMohamed\n"},{"id":"125470","messageId":"adf1fd3d0910200506q7ef95823qe461e77f8ce827be@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21293","inReplyTo":"40378e40910200459i14b06002k1b805936e39b5022@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: \".dirty\" suffix when building git from the source code","fromName":"Santi Béjar","fromEmail":"santi@agolina.net","sentAt":"2009-10-20T12:06:32Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-20T12:06:32Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"santi@agolina.net","avatar":null},"body":"On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mohamed Bamakhrama\n<bamakhrama@gmail.com> wrote:\n> Hi all,\n>\n> I have cloned the git repository and built the v1.6.4.4 tag. The\n> compilation went OK and I got the tool up and running. However, when I\n> generate patches, I see that the tool comments the patches with\n> \"1.6.4.4.dirty\".\n>\n> My question is: what is the meaning of the \".dirty\" suffix?\n\nIt says that the git source code was modified when git was compiled.\n\nHTH,\nSanti\n"}]}