Re: Setting the value of `emacs-bzr-version' also from a git checkout

[Óscar Fuentes]

Dani Moncayo <address@hidden> writes:

> But the final goal would be to make `emacs-bzr-version' get the
> correct value also when building emacs from the official git repo.
> And since its value includes both the bzr revno and the bzr revision
> ID (e.g. "114456 address@hidden"), the
> notes stored in the git repo are insufficient (they lack the bzr
> revno).

Just teach the build scripts to not require the revision number.

>From the revision id whoever reads the bug report can get the revision
number (for a given branch.) Actually, if you look only to the revision
number you can end wasting your time, because you don't know which
branch was used to build that Emacs.