Re: git-version-gen headaches

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Saturday, February 19, 2011 14:49:32 Jim Meyering wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: > > Mike Frysinger wrote: > >> further, some of the commands used in git-version-gen require write > >> access to the .git repo (i.e. git update-index --refresh), which our > >> package management tools flag as a viol

git-version-gen headaches

2011-02-21 Thread Mike Frysinger
the current git-version-gen script and its usage in packages such as coreutils is causing me headaches wrt distros. it currently assumes one of two states: - the current tree is a valid git repo belonging to the related project - the current tree is not a git repo (all the way bac

Re: git-version-gen headaches

2011-02-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: >> the current git-version-gen script and its usage in packages such as >> coreutils >> is causing me headaches wrt distros. it currently assumes one of two states: >> - the current tree is a valid git repo belonging to the related project >>

Re: git-version-gen headaches

2011-02-19 Thread Jim Meyering
Mike Frysinger wrote: > the current git-version-gen script and its usage in packages such as coreutils > is causing me headaches wrt distros. it currently assumes one of two states: > - the current tree is a valid git repo belonging to the related project > - the current tree is not a