On 5 Mar 2018, at 11:39, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote: > hash+date is specific, predictable, repeatable. The portfile developer tests > a specific hash+date, and when satisfied, commits it to make it available to > MacPorts users.
As I said in my previous post, you can get HEAD's hash with 'git ls-remote --heads'. And store it somewhere. Devel ports that use hash+date only add the date, and I doubt they are much tested. But hey, I'm glad Ken found this and I can use it locally at least.
