linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] v3 kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in SCM

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Date:	Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:10:48 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	geert@...ux-m68k.org, elendil@...net.nl, cloos@...loos.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] v3 kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in SCM

On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 18:54 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> This patch appends the localversion string to the Linux kernel version.
> For example, in a git tree with uncommitted changes, the .config file
> might start as follows (but with leading hash marks):
> 
> 	Automatically generated make config: don't edit
> 	Linux kernel version: 2.6.33-01836-g90a6501-dirty
> 	Mon Mar  1 17:05:59 2010
> 
> The "-01836-g90a6501-dirty" string is added by this patch.

I really like this.  This gives me the advantages of non-volatile build
info without the mess that makes if it's appended to file names/paths.

	-Mike

Eventually someone will make bisect stop stepping on random kernels, and
generally making a mess, and life will be grand ;-)

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