linux-kernel - Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

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Message-Id: <E1Ii1zU-0002Cj-EC@faramir.fjphome.nl>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:02:48 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

Pavel Roskin wrote:
> I'm trying to keep some external drivers up to date with the kernel, and
> the first two weeks after the release is the worst time for me.  There
> is no way to distinguish the current git kernel from the latest release.
> It's only after rc1 is released that I can use preprocessor to check
> LINUX_VERSION_CODE.
> 
> Before that, I have to rely on tricks or change the kernel version
> myself in a separate patch and tell other team members to do the same.
 
Note that you can see if there have been commits since a release (the last git tag) by using the command 'git describe'.

$ git checkout -b temp v2.6.23
Switched to a new branch "temp"
$ git describe
v2.6.23
$ git checkout master
$ git describe
v2.6.23-4223-g65a6ec0

Format is: last tag - # commits since last tag - id of HEAD commit

Hope this helps,
Frans Pop
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