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Re: [PATCH 3/4] Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 27, 2007, 08:47 UTC
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"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>:
>> However, I suspect that we could do better with Shawn's new
>> fangled describe implementation that actually counts the
>> distance between what is described and the tag.  We could add
>> "number of commits since the tag" somewhere, to describe:
>>
>>   v2.6.20-rc5-256-g419dd83
>>   v2.6.20-rc5-217-gde14569
> ...
>     v2.6.20-rc5+256-g419dd83
>     v2.6.20-rc5+217-gde14569
>
> The + format is much easier to read and understand than the - format
> original proposed by Junio.

I tend to disagree (I do not claim + is _less_ easier to read, though).

They are of comparable readability, and I think plus breaks GIT-VERSION-GEN (the primary reason it replaces '-' to '.' is to work around RPM limitation IIRC, and I do not know what '+' does to RPM offhand).

But I do not have a strong feeling either way.
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  1. 2/4 If abbrev is set to zero in git-describe, don't add the unique suffixShawn O. Pearce, Jan 27, 2007
  2. 3/4 Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 27, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 27, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceJan 28, 2007
  6. 4/4 Compute accurate distances in git-describe before output.Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 27, 2007

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