linux-kernel - About the .scmversion removal (commit f6e09b07cc12)

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Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 18:15:23 -0300
From:   "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
To:     masahiroy@...nel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     nathan@...nel.org, rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>, nicolas@...sle.eu,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <kernel@...ccoli.net>, gpiccoli@...lia.com
Subject: About the .scmversion removal (commit f6e09b07cc12)

Hi Masahiro / all, I was rebuilding the kernel today, just adding some
debug statements, when I noticed a lot of stuff got built again. I was
using ".scmversion" to prevent UTS version changes, so only affected
files got indeed rebuilt.

After commit f6e09b07cc12 ("kbuild: do not put .scmversion into the
source tarball"), seems this file is automatically deleted and I'm not
sure how should I proceed to continue with the same behavior.

Apologies if this is a silly question, any advice is much appreciated!
Also, I've CCed all the emails from [0], so apologies if anybody looped
here shouldn't be CCed.

Cheers,

Guilherme

[0]
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230122141428.115372-1-masahiroy@kernel.org/