Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] Let PKGVERSION include the "git describe" output

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 06/01/16 06:41, Fam Zheng wrote:
> v2: Address Eric's comments:
>     "echo -n" -> "printf".
>     "-unclean" -> "-dirty".
> 
> Makefile happened to be in my working set because of the docker test work, so I
> went ahead to try this nice feature last evening before going to bed. My
> apologies if we have duplicated work.
> 
> Please review, especially please comment on the redundant version string:
> 
> $ qemu-img --version
> qemu-img version 2.6.50-v2.6.0-603-g684a494, Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellard
> 
> 
> Fam Zheng (2):
>   Makefile: Add a "FORCE" target
>   Makefile: Derive "PKGVERSION" from "git describe" by default
> 
>  Makefile              | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  linux-user/main.c     |  1 +
>  qemu-img.c            |  1 +
>  qmp.c                 |  1 +
>  scripts/create_config |  4 ----
>  vl.c                  |  1 +
>  6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

I only skimmed the git commands in patch #2:

git status --> this verifies if we have git at all, and refreshes the
               index if we do, in the same step, so that's good
git describe --> okay
git diff-index --quiet HEAD --> okay

Another advantage of this approach seems to be that it sets the version
at "make", not at "configure", time.

Some comments / questions on the version string:
- What happens if "--with-pkgversion=blah" was passed to ./configure?
  Do I see it right that in that case there's no change in behavior?

- I think the following format would look better (stolen from
  --with-pkgversion):

  2.6.50 (v2.6.0-603-g684a494)

Thanks
Laszlo