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Re: Add a "git-describe" command

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M_ <barra_cuda@katamail.com>
Date
Dec 25, 2005, 19:21 UTC
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Alle 23:13, sabato 24 dicembre 2005, Linus Torvalds ha scritto:
>  - it should notice when "git-describe" doesn't exist, and fall back on
>    the old less-than-descriptive behaviour
And something like this?
GIT_VERSION = $(shell (git-describe HEAD || echo "1.0.GIT") | sed 's:refs/tags/::')
Previous: Linus TorvaldsNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 3 of 14 in “Add a "git-describe" command”
  1. Linus TorvaldsDec 24, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsDec 24, 2005
  3. M_Dec 25, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 28, 2005
  5. Johannes SchindelinDec 28, 2005
  6. 1/6 git-describe: really prefer tags only.Junio C Hamano, Dec 28, 2005
  7. 2/6 git-describe: use find_unique_abbrev()Junio C Hamano, Dec 28, 2005
  8. 3/6 git-describe: --tags and --abbrevJunio C Hamano, Dec 28, 2005
  9. 4/6 git-describe: still prefer annotated tag under --all and --tagsJunio C Hamano, Dec 28, 2005
  10. 5/6 git-describe: documentation.Junio C Hamano, Dec 28, 2005
  11. 6/6 Makefile: use git-describe to mark the git version.Junio C Hamano, Dec 28, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 25, 2005
  13. Linus TorvaldsDec 25, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 25, 2005

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