[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] version.sh: Always use latest tag for generated version number

[Thilo Borgmann]

Am 04.03.16 um 23:44 schrieb Timothy Gu:
> [...]
> So here I propose the following for the master branch:
> 
>             n3.1-dev-N-78911-gf81c81c
>            /      |      \          \
>          /        |       \            \
>       next  distinguish commits since  commit
>     release from actual the start of    hash
>               release       time
> 
> For comparison, versions on the release branch are as follows:
> 
>             n3.0-4-geb46065
> 	    /    |         \
>           /       \          \
>     previous commits since  commit
>     release  that release    hash
> [...]
> 
>                : Current                : New
> Master
> Full           : N-78911-gf81c81c       : n3.1-dev-N-78911-gf81c81c
> Shallow clone  : git-2016-03-04-f81c81c : n3.1-dev-gf81c81c
> Gitweb tarball : 3.0.git-f81c81c        : n3.1-dev-gf81c81c
> Nothing        : 3.0.git                : n3.1-dev
> 
> Release branch
> Full           : n3.0-4-geb46065        : n3.0.1-dev-4-geb46065
> Shallow clone  : eb46065                : n3.0.1-dev-geb56065
> Nothing        : 3.0                    : n3.0.1-dev
> 
> Release
> Full           : n3.0                   : n3.0
> Shallow clone  : n3.0                   : n3.0
> Nothing        : 3.0                    : n3.0

I had loved to see something like this sooner, thanks!

I think in that form it is in all cases better than it is now.
No more objections from me.

-Thilo