Hi Thomas, Quoting Thomas Koch (2015-09-14 07:51:09) > my upstream tagged 0.4 a year ago and I want to package the current > master commit a5e5f9e that is 24 commits after 0.4. Please assume that > this makes sense... > > How would you format the upstream part of the packages version number? > How about 0.4+24+git+a5e5f9e? > > The git describe output is v0.4-24-ga5e5f9e. > > Is there any established best practice?
I'd use a single "+", mention revision control system first, and include date¹ of latest commit in snapshot (rather than number of commits from release - another later snapshot may not be linear progress but from another shorter branch, and therefore a lower number). And then I'd use only 7 digits of hash as that's common short-form in git. Therefore, I'd use this: 0.4+git20150911~ga5e5f9 - Jonas ¹ In the rare event of making more snapshots same day I'd add a counter for my clumsiness - i.e. 0.4+git20150911.1~ga5e5f9 -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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