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| From | Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] |
| Date | 2019-06-01 21:23 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrn3s8cqf5r6v.4e6.ike@iceland.freeshell.org> (permalink) |
| References | <dc2a28eb-b00b-4151-b7de-ede01ab3d373@googlegroups.com> |
On 2019-05-31, Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> wrote: > Git and similar version control systems have an internal version tag, in git > it is the sha-1 hash, which is used to identify the version within the control system. > > Now it would be nice to tag the executable with this hash, so that if a user > reports a bug, you can ask them to run it in a mode that displays the > hash, then go back to the correct version in the repository to find the > bug. Why not simply tag it with the version number itself? What's the benefit of using a hash?
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Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-05-31 07:02 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-05-31 14:27 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-05-31 16:42 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-05-31 13:23 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-05-31 21:10 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-06-01 09:31 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-01 12:39 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-05-31 16:28 +0200
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-05-31 07:51 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-05-31 15:59 +0100
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-05-31 22:56 +0100
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2019-06-01 02:55 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-01 04:26 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-01 04:35 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-06-01 04:03 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-05-31 13:30 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-05-31 21:46 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Shuggie <shuggie@latepaul.com> - 2019-06-01 11:21 +0100
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2019-06-01 21:23 +0000
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-01 14:34 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-06-02 12:36 -0700
Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-02 14:35 -0700
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