linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/setlocalversion: make git describe output more reliable

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Message-ID: <e779698e-97b3-6a34-a556-d0d5ccb54bcf@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:48:48 +0200
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/setlocalversion: make git describe output more
 reliable

On 10/09/2020 16.34, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 8:57 PM Rasmus Villemoes
> <linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:
>>
...
>>
>> So in order to avoid `uname -a` output relying on such random details
>> of the build environment which are rather hard to ensure are
>> consistent between developers and buildbots, use an explicit
>> --abbrev=15 option (and for consistency, also use rev-parse --short=15
>> for the unlikely case of no signed tags being usable).
>>

Hi Masahiro

Can I get you to carry this through the kbuild tree? Unless of course
your questions/concerns haven't been addressed.

Thanks,
Rasmus