For example, now when I run "make dist", rather than getting the always
identically-named coreutils-6.9+.tar.gz, I get tarballs with more
meaningful names:
coreutils-6.9.220.gdd469.tar.gz
coreutils-6.9.223.g624d1.tar.gz
Similarly, --version output reflects the snapshot:
$ src/cat --version| head -1
cat (GNU coreutils) 6.9.223.g624d1
See the comment/patch for details:
http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=summary
2007-08-30 Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Make inter-release --version output more useful.
Now, each snapshot has a version "number" like 6.9-219-g58ddd,
which indicates that it is built using the 219th change set
(in _some_ repository) following the "v6.9" tag, and that 58ddd
is a prefix of the commit SHA1.
* build-aux/git-version-gen: New file.
* configure.ac: Run it to set the version.
* Makefile.am (dist-hook): Arrange so that .version appears only
in distribution tarballs, never in a checked-out repository.
* .gitignore: Add .version here, too. Just in case.
Once the new script, build-aux/git-version-gen, passes muster,
I'll put it in gnulib.
