Playing with this, going the other way and moving to just using
%(describe) is good, since it vastly simplifies things.
The problem is that %(describe) is rather new, and as solving this
problem means solving it on thekelleys.org.uk, which is running Debian
stable, the yak has now morphed
On 13/09/2022 09:10, Johnny S. Lee via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
How about something like the following?
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 998eb1f..29a22f8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$Format:%d$
+$Format:%d;%(describe)$
diff --git a/bld/get-version b/bld/get-version
How about something like the following?
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 998eb1f..29a22f8 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$Format:%d$
+$Format:%d;%(describe)$
diff --git a/bld/get-version b/bld/get-version
index 1f51768..4ba3646 100755
--- a/bld/get-version
+++
> I'm not clear what the difference between that and %(describe) is. The
> substituted value is used subtly in get-version as part of the
> build-process, so we need to be a little careful about changing things.
$ git log -10 --format="'%d'"
' (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD)'
' (tag:
The current format is %d, which is
"ref names, like the --decorate option of git-log[1]"
according to git help log.
I'm not clear what the difference between that and %(describe) is. The
substituted value is used subtly in get-version as part of the
build-process, so we need to be a little
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 04:51:26PM +0800, Johnny S. Lee via Dnsmasq-discuss
wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Sept 2022 at 15:22, wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:26:14 +0200 Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:51:22AM +0800, Johnny S. Lee via
> > > Dnsmasq-discuss
> How often is the VERSION file changed?
It changes from "(HEAD -> master)" to blank when there is a new commit.
Checksum of the archive of the same commit probably changes too.
> Is the VERSION file meaningful only at the time of a release and can change
> 'drastically' between releases?
It's
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:26:14 +0200
Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss
wrote:
> Hello Johnny,
> ( Cc: dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk )
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:51:22AM +0800, Johnny S. Lee via Dnsmasq-discuss
> wrote:
> > The contents of file VERSION from the tar.gz files of
Hello Geert,
On Mon, 12 Sept 2022 at 14:26, Geert Stappers wrote:
>
> Hello Johnny,
> ( Cc: dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk )
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:51:22AM +0800, Johnny S. Lee via Dnsmasq-discuss
> wrote:
> > The contents of file VERSION from the tar.gz files of the latest 3
Hello Johnny,
( Cc: dnsmasq-discuss@lists.thekelleys.org.uk )
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:51:22AM +0800, Johnny S. Lee via Dnsmasq-discuss
wrote:
> The contents of file VERSION from the tar.gz files of the latest 3 commits:
>
> dnsmasq-c4b9bc6/VERSION: (HEAD -> master)
>
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