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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  Evan Martin <evan.martin@gmail.com>,
	 Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/9] GIT-VERSION-GEN: move default version into a separate file
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:42:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa5bua9vy.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250113-b4-pks-meson-additions-v1-2-97f6a93f691d@pks.im> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:33:35 +0100")

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

>   - We can pull the default version out of GIT-VERSION-GEN and move it
>     into its own file. This likely requires some adjustments for scripts
>     that bump the version, but allows Meson to read the version from
>     that file trivially.
>
> The last option is a proper solution and quite trivial to implement, and
> adapting scripts should be a one-time event. Refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN
> accordingly.

It is not clear what "proper" is.  It smells like we are bending an
established work flow element to placate a tool that is not willing
to cooperate, which is very much unwelcome.

Compared to that, grepping for "^DEF_VER=" in the file may be less
yucky.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-13 17:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-13  8:33 [PATCH 0/9] meson: a couple of additions Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 1/9] GIT-VERSION-GEN: simplify computing the dirty marker Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 2/9] GIT-VERSION-GEN: move default version into a separate file Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13 17:42   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-01-13 17:51     ` Eli Schwartz
2025-01-14  9:13       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 3/9] meson: fix dependencies for generated headers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 4/9] meson: wire up development environments Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 5/9] meson: wire up generation of distribution archive Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13 17:55   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-14  9:14     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 6/9] meson: wire up fuzzers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13 17:48   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-14 10:31     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 7/9] meson: make the CSPRNG backend configurable Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13  9:25   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13 17:59   ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-14  9:13     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 19:13       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 8/9] meson: fix compilation with Visual Studio Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-13 21:12   ` M Hickford
2025-01-13  8:33 ` [PATCH 9/9] ci: wire up Visual Studio build with Meson Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] meson: a couple of additions Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 01/11] GIT-VERSION-GEN: simplify computing the dirty marker Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 02/11] GIT-VERSION-GEN: allow running without input and output files Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-21 13:16     ` Toon Claes
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 03/11] meson: populate project version via GIT-VERSION-GEN Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-21 13:13     ` Toon Claes
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 04/11] meson: fix dependencies for generated headers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 05/11] meson: wire up development environments Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 06/11] meson: wire up generation of distribution archive Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-21 12:37     ` Toon Claes
2025-01-22 12:05       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 07/11] meson: wire up fuzzers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 08/11] meson: make the CSPRNG backend configurable Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 09/11] meson: fix compilation with Visual Studio Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 10/11] ci: raise error when Meson generates warnings Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-21 12:59     ` Toon Claes
2025-01-14 11:56   ` [PATCH v2 11/11] ci: wire up Visual Studio build with Meson Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-14 17:46   ` [PATCH v2 00/11] meson: a couple of additions Junio C Hamano
2025-01-22 12:05 ` [PATCH v3 " Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 01/11] GIT-VERSION-GEN: simplify computing the dirty marker Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 02/11] GIT-VERSION-GEN: allow running without input and output files Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 03/11] meson: populate project version via GIT-VERSION-GEN Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 04/11] meson: fix dependencies for generated headers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 05/11] meson: wire up development environments Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 06/11] meson: wire up generation of distribution archive Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 07/11] meson: wire up fuzzers Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 08/11] meson: make the CSPRNG backend configurable Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 09/11] meson: fix compilation with Visual Studio Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 10/11] ci: raise error when Meson generates warnings Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 12:05   ` [PATCH v3 11/11] ci: wire up Visual Studio build with Meson Patrick Steinhardt
2025-01-22 21:42   ` [PATCH v3 00/11] meson: a couple of additions Junio C Hamano

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