Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: > * build-aux/git-version-gen: Use git update-index here; git status > will leave the index outdated. > --- > build-aux/git-version-gen | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen > index 16da2a8..e754c77 100755 > --- a/build-aux/git-version-gen > +++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen > @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fi > v=`echo "$v" |sed 's/^v//'` > > # Don't declare a version "dirty" merely because a time stamp has changed. > -git status > /dev/null 2>&1 > +git update-index --refresh > /dev/null 2>&1
Thanks for the patch. Can you describe a scenario in which using "git update-index --refresh" makes git-version-gen work better than with "git status"? In the example I tried (touch an unmodified, vc'd file), they appear to have the same net effect. BTW, it's nice to see how GNU patch is evolving.
