> On Feb 10, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Laszlo Ersek <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 02/10/16 20:08, Felix Poludov wrote:
>> Most of the EDKII tools support --version switch that returns tool version 
>> and build number.
>> We've been using SVN revision ID as a build number for all the tools.
>> Have there been any discussions
> 
> Not to my knowledge.
> 
>> on what should be used as a build number in the new (and hopefully merrier)  
>> EDKII Git world?
> 
> IMO, clearly the git commit hash of the current tree (possibly truncated
> to 12 nibbles).
> 

I thought the --short output was shorter than that? 

> Unless official releases and matching git tagging are institutionalized
> -- in that case, "git describe" is frequently used.
> 

The other trick I've seen is to add a /D or -D CFLAG with the hash of the HEAD 
so you don't need an untracked file, or extra steps in the build process, to 
get this done.

Thanks,

Andrew Fish

> Thanks
> Laszlo
> 
>> 
>> Felix
>> 
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