Quick re-cap.
After a few rounds, not only the "external server" proposal got
obliterated as totally unnecessary, but the idea that we may even need
a hook at all is now challenged.
Jared's idea to use "git describe" is in line with previous proposals
to use rev-list --count and to do so only up
Now that we seem to be converging to an acceptable Git model, there
was only one remaining doubt, and that's how the trigger to update a
sequential ID will work. I've been in contact with GitHub folks, and
this is in line with their suggestions...
Given the nature of our project's repository struc
