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Re: git-version-gen pukes on version numbers with -rc1 in them
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: git-version-gen pukes on version numbers with -rc1 in them |
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Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:40:05 -0700 |
On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Phillip Susi <address@hidden> wrote:
> I tried making a release candidate by appending -rc1 to the normal version
> number, and it seems that this makes git-version-gen puke and come up with
> UNKNOWN as the version. It looks like it has some code for dealing with old
> versions of git-describe that is being triggered by the presence of the
> dash.
Sorry it's causing you difficulty.
How about naming the candidate something like parted-3.1.90 instead?
That has the added bonus of retaining trivial-sortability of tarball names.