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: preprocessor directive indentation, cppi

2011-02-21 Thread Jim Meyering
Bruno Haible wrote: > Hi Jim, > >> Would you mind if I adjust whichever of the 25 in tests/ that are yours ? > > Yes, I do mind changing 160 lines of code in just one file because of this. > > My point is that 'cppi' wants to enforce a coding style that is pretty far > away from the current, reaso