See `git describe` (https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe) for the syntax of the descriptor -- it's the number of commits after the referenced tag.
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:48 PM, James E Keenan <jk...@verizon.net> wrote: > When you go to http://perl5.test-smoke.org/search, one of the columns > presented is "Git-id". Its contents look like this: > > v5.25.8-269-g01f9673 > v5.25.8-196-g3626fc2 > v5.25.8-208-g05053e2 > v5.25.8-260-g57b3a6b6ec > > What these strings mean is not entirely self-evident. I can infer that > 'v5.25.8' means "after we've released perl-5.25.8." And I understand that > in the final part of the string, everything after the initial 'g' is a git > SHA (commit ID). > > But I've never understood what the middle integer is supposed to mean. > Those integers do not appear to be assigned in strictly increasing > numerical order. It would be nice if there was some explanation on the > page as to what that part and the whole Git-id are supposed to mean. > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan >
