[FFmpeg-devel] git master shows "0.8" instead of "0.9"

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 08:41:19AM -0600, David Favor wrote:
> Issuing the commands...
> 
>     git clone git://git.videolan.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg.git
>     cd ffmpeg.git
>     git describe
> 
> shows the output:
> 
>     n0.8-6207-g668494a  (notice the embedded "0.8")

./version.sh should produce a nicer version

i guess there was a minor commit before the tag on the 0.9 branch
which convinces describe to pick 0.8 ...


> 
> I was expecting to see something like "0.9" or "0.9.1"
> as this is the latest release.
> 
> Let me know if there's another command to access the
> "0.9.x" branch.

checkout release/0.9



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