Re: [PATCH] Use git in scripts/setlocalversion

[Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 08:42:03PM +0100, Rene Scharfe wrote:
> Currently scripts/setlocalversion is a Perl script that tries to figure
> out the current git commit ID of a repo without using git.  It also
> imports Digest::MD5 without using it and generally is too big for the
> small task it does. :]  And it always reports a git ID, even when the
> HEAD is tagged -- this is a bug.
> 
> This patch replaces it with a Bourne Shell script that uses git
> commands to do the same.  I can't come up with a scenario where someone
> would use a git repo and refuse to install git core at the same time,
> so I think it's reasonable to assume git is available.
> 
> The new script also reports uncommitted changes by adding -git_dirty to
> the version string.  Obviously you can't see from that _what_ has been
> changed from the last commit, so it's more of a reminder that you
> forgot to commit something.
> 
> The script is easily extensible: simply add a check for Mercurial (or
> whatever) below the git check.
> 
> Note: the script doesn't print a newline char anymore.  That's only
> because it was easier to implement it that way, not a feature (or bug).
> 'make kernelrelease' doesn't care.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>

Thanks Rene.
Applied with an:
Acked-by: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>

	Sam