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

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Message-ID: <20071017085905.pshy2ctghwk8skcc@webmail.spamcop.net>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:59:05 -0400
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Distinguishing releases from pre-rc snapshots

Quoting Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>:

> 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

I don't see how I can use it in preprocessor conditions.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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