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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-stable] [PATCH] devtools: fix version search
	with git < 2.7.0
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:41:18 +0200
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15/09/2017 11:24, N=E9lio Laranjeiro:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 12:05:32AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > The script git-log-fixes.sh (used in check-git-log.sh) looks
> > for git tags to find the version where a bug is introduced.
> >=20
> > In DPDK 17.08, the script has been fixed to ignore tags from
> > non current branch.
> > It was using the option --merged which was introduced in git 2.7.0.
> >=20
> > As git 2.7.0 is not so old, a fallback is provided for some years.
> >=20
> > The fallback is replacing the tag --merged option by a branch filter.
> > If the tag is found in the branch, the branch name is replaced
> > by the tag.
> >=20
> > This script could be improved to allow using another reference branch,
> > instead of hard coding HEAD branch (the current one).
> >=20
> > Fixes: 26857dabb3c9 ("devtools: ignore non merged tags for backport")
> > Cc: stable@dpdk.org
> >=20
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> Tested-by: Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranjeiro@6wind.com>
>=20
> Solves the issue.

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