Re: [PATCH] Use git in scripts/setlocalversion

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On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 11:47:12AM +0800, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> 2006/1/5, Rene Scharfe <[email protected]>:
> > Currently scripts/setlocalversion is a Perl script that tries to figure
> > out the current git commit ID of a repo without using git.  It also
> > imports Digest::MD5 without using it and generally is too big for the
> > small task it does. :]  And it always reports a git ID, even when the
> > HEAD is tagged -- this is a bug.
> >
> > This patch replaces it with a Bourne Shell script that uses git
> > commands to do the same.  I can't come up with a scenario where someone
> > would use a git repo and refuse to install git core at the same time,
> > so I think it's reasonable to assume git is available.
 
> You didn't update the caller in the top Makefile, but that's ok.

It's fixed in my tree.

	Sam
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