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Re: Incorrect v1.7.10.4 tag on github?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 15, 2012, 19:17 UTC
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<20120615191723.GA26651@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:14:18PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> > It builds with the right version from the git repository (which runs
> > git-describe and sees we are on the v1.7.10.4 tag), but exporting the
> > tag's contents and building fails. I suspect that the git-1.7.10.4
> > tarball on kernel.org would also have the same problem.
> 
> It builds correctly if you download the tarball from the official
> location in the [ANNOUNCE] message.  This is because the build
> procedure for the official tarball does a bit more than just running
> "git archive-tar", which is what gitweb download interface does
> (namely, it adds the correct "version" file).

Thanks. I should have checked before responding. If it is just the output of "git archive", and the problem is restricted to one version, then I am not too worried about it. Re-tagging is out of the question, anyway.

-Peff
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  1. Graham BallantyneJun 15, 2012
  2. Jeff KingJun 15, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 15, 2012
  4. Jeff KingJun 15, 2012
  5. Dan JohnsonJul 2, 2012
  6. Jeff KingJul 2, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2012
  8. Scott ChaconJul 2, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2012

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