linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix version when building out of tree

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Message-ID: <527A582D.4000301@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 06 Nov 2013 07:54:37 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	acme@...stprotocols.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix version when building out of tree

On 11/5/13, 10:36 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> I think you could avoid the 'short' complication altogether by doing
> something like this:
>
>> +elif test -f ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE
>> +then
>> +	TAG=$(cut -d' ' -f3 ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE)
>
> That extracts 'TAG' as a true sha1 and makes GVF correct on out of tree
> builds as well.

Certainly. I was trying to make PERF-VERSION-FILE readable as a 
standalone file -- a better version descriptor than HEAD file.

David



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