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

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Date:	Mon, 1 Mar 2010 17:20:55 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in
	git tree

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 03:46:26PM -0500, James Cloos wrote:
> >>>>> "Paul" == Paul E McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> Paul> Agreed!  The "-dirty" modifier for the case of changes not yet
> Paul> checked into git looks especially helpful.
> 
> Except that the script calls »git update-index --refresh --unmerged«
> and »git diff-index --name-only HEAD«, both of which are painfully
> slow and resource intensive.
> 
> I'd hate to have that run every time I make a kernel.

Good point...  Should we have an environment variable that controls this
behavior?

							Thanx, Paul
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