[FFmpeg-devel] Howto list + pull specific git branch

[David Favor]

Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 08:26:54PM -0500, David Favor wrote:
>> The current Macports ffmpeg-devel package uses the
>> following git syntax for building:
>>
>>    name            ffmpeg-devel
>>    conflicts       ffmpeg
>>    version         20120917
>>    set git_branch  1ad63ff14adb652996c4604da59a330cef0d494e
>>
>>    ... ... ...
>>
>>    platforms       darwin
>>    homepage        http://www.ffmpeg.org/
>>    master_sites \
>>     "http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi?p=ffmpeg.git;a=snapshot;h=${git_branch};sf=tgz;dummy="
>>    dist_subdir     ffmpeg
>>
>> I've tried to figure out the syntax to list + pull by
>> specific branch ids and it's beyond me.
>>
>> In a previous email h=n0.11.1 was suggested and this fails
>> because of the weird way the Portfile is laid out.
>>
>> Pass along the git syntax to list all the branch info
>> like tags (0.11.1, 1.0, etc) and map them to their
>> associated git branch ids (like git_branch above).
> 
> i dont know about the others but at least i do not understand
> the problem or question you have, that we could help you with
> 
> maybe you could elaborate ?

For example, if I'd like to find the git branch id (as in set_branch above)
for a specific release like 0.11.2 or 1.0 let me know the git command to
dump all the branches or tags along with their git id.

Thanks.

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