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Re: [PATCH] Make sure an autogenerated version has at least four parts

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
May 25, 2007, 01:42 UTC
Message-ID
<46563F21.2060107@vilain.net>
In-Reply-To
<46563CE1.9020007@vilain.net>
I wrote:
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> dpkg uses "-" in version numbers for its own uses - to delimit the
> packager's packaging version from the software version.  The change I
> posted keeps original behaviour - just fills out the .0's.
> 
> Perhaps the munging should go in git-describe instead?
> 
> Subject: [PATCH] describe: add --levels option
...and here's the corresponding GIT-VERSION-GEN patch:
Subject: [PATCH] Make sure an autogenerated version has at least four parts

Otherwise, a custom "v1.5.2.42.gd00b" is considered newer than a "v1.5.2.1.69.gcafe".

Contains a workaround for the chicken-and-egg problem it would otherwise introduce.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
---
 GIT-VERSION-GEN |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 06c360b..91e8966 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if test -f version
 then
 	VN=$(cat version) || VN="$DEF_VER"
 elif test -d .git &&
-	VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
+	VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 --levels=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null ||
+		git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
 	case "$VN" in
 	*$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
 	v[0-9]*) : happy ;;
-- 
1.5.2.0.45.gfea6d-dirty
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  1. Make sure an autogenerated version has at least four partsSam Vilain, May 21, 2007
  2. Martin WaitzMay 21, 2007
  3. Jan HudecMay 21, 2007
  4. Martin WaitzMay 21, 2007
  5. Sam VilainMay 25, 2007
  6. Sam VilainMay 25, 2007
  7. Martin WaitzMay 25, 2007

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