From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philip Oakley Subject: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] Test the Git version string Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:27:24 +0100 Message-ID: <1365949646-1988-1-git-send-email-philipoakley@iee.org> To: GitList X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Apr 14 16:27:41 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1URNu8-00034e-8S for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:27:40 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751837Ab3DNO1X (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:27:23 -0400 Received: from out1.ip06ir2.opaltelecom.net ([62.24.128.242]:43307 "EHLO out1.ip06ir2.opaltelecom.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751600Ab3DNO1X (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:27:23 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Au0YACu8alFZ8Yth/2dsb2JhbAAuIoMGATU0ghO3foZ2BIEDF3SCfDuBAiSIK5lNoCaNXxuEZQOoFoMMO4Eu X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.87,471,1363132800"; d="scan'208";a="572180598" Received: from host-89-241-139-97.as13285.net (HELO localhost) ([89.241.139.97]) by out1.ip06ir2.opaltelecom.net with ESMTP; 14 Apr 2013 15:27:21 +0100 X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.msysgit.1 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: In $gmane/217004 I was noted that the git version string is used in the wild for confirming which git version is in use. This patch series seeks to add tests for the version string format and document it. The key questions to be answered are: * should the test be inside t0000, or somewhere else? * should the version string be limited to one line, <80 characters? * how to format the asciidoc of the ERE. Philip Oakley (2): test git version string Doc: State the exact git version string Documentation/git.txt | 4 ++++ t/t0000-basic.sh | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) -- 1.8.1.msysgit.1