Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make sure an autogenerated version has at least four parts

From: Sam Vilain <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 13:42:57 +1200

I wrote:
> dpkg uses "-" in version numbers for its own uses - to delimit the
> packager's packaging version from the software version.  The change I
> posted keeps original behaviour - just fills out the .0's.
> 
> Perhaps the munging should go in git-describe instead?
> 
> Subject: [PATCH] describe: add --levels option

...and here's the corresponding GIT-VERSION-GEN patch:

Subject: [PATCH] Make sure an autogenerated version has at least four parts

Otherwise, a custom "v1.5.2.42.gd00b" is considered newer than a
"v1.5.2.1.69.gcafe".

Contains a workaround for the chicken-and-egg problem it would
otherwise introduce.

Signed-off-by: Sam Vilain <[email-masked]>
---
 GIT-VERSION-GEN |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 06c360b..91e8966 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if test -f version
 then
 	VN=$(cat version) || VN="$DEF_VER"
 elif test -d .git &&
-	VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
+	VN=$(git describe --abbrev=4 --levels=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null ||
+		git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null) &&
 	case "$VN" in
 	*$LF*) (exit 1) ;;
 	v[0-9]*) : happy ;;
-- 
1.5.2.0.45.gfea6d-dirty