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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 ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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