James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > I have been given a linux kernel sources tar file. > It contains a modified version of the linux kernel. > It is just source files, without any "git" history. > What I would like to do is compare this with the mainline linux kernel > git tree, and find the tag from the kernel git tree that this source > code is most similar to.
The kernel *knows* which version it is. > My plan at the moment is just to automate a checkout of every git tag, > then run diff -ur on it, and then choose the smallest diff file > output. > But, has anyone got a better method? head -5 Makefile Regards, Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
