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authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2007-11-03 17:46:42 +0100
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2007-11-03 17:46:42 +0100
commit8beb69b1480485bb81b16c0eb90f49d76cd8dd94 (patch)
tree7eb015ff390f89ba67d58dd6538ecdb109610e0e /build-aux/git-version-gen
parent0814422a7df34bf06f15a6f064472f3aed8c7ebe (diff)
downloadcoreutils-8beb69b1480485bb81b16c0eb90f49d76cd8dd94.tar.xz
Change the first '-' to '.' in the snapshot version string,
e.g., 6.9-377-08144 -> 6.9.377-08144 * build-aux/git-version-gen: ... and add comments.
Diffstat (limited to 'build-aux/git-version-gen')
-rwxr-xr-xbuild-aux/git-version-gen5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index c433c262d..4e8ffc6ea 100755
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ elif test -d .git \
*) (exit 1) ;;
esac
then
- # Remove the "g" in git-describe's output string.
- v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
+ # Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
+ # Remove the "g" in git-describe's output string, to save a byte.
+ v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
else
v=UNKNOWN
fi