[mythtv-users] git & wiki

[E. Westbrook]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 20:11, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:

> > But won't a variable length commit number cause havoc with things like
> > rpm version comparisons. I guess there's a need to ensure that the
> > version string components used allow for a previous component that is
> > always increasing.
>
> mythbuntu is now numbering by date yyyymmdd then a hash number, eg:
>
> mythtv-common-0.24.0+fixes.20101208.3e9463e-0ubuntu0mythbuntu1
>

Just as another way:  To keep it numeric, increasing, and consistent, I'm
currently numbering my Gentoo ebuilds using the unix integer commit
timestamp of the commit at the point in question, which I can capture when
checked out to the right HEAD using:

$ echo 0.24.$(git log -n1 --pretty="format:%ct")
0.24.1291777173

In reverse, I obtain the commit hash from that point in time on that branch
with:

$ echo $(git log -n1 --pretty="format:%H" --since=1291777173
--until=1291777173)
hash = ee57332927393d071d7b3f1788476f07c77f7e82

which is great for direct checkout or use with github's tarball URL feature.

Git is fun, isn't it!

$0.02,
EW
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