[FFmpeg-user] git short hash to version number

[Moritz Barsnick]

Hi Osztrovszky,

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 14:39:32 +0000, Osztrovszky Zsolt wrote:
> I have ffmpeg N-77727-gf4c1a48.
> Where can I find which version it is in this changelog? https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/master/Changelog

You can add the shorthash part behind the 'g' to the github URL as
such:
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/f4c1a48

It will show you in which branches and tags it is included above:
  master  n3.1-dev n3.0 
You can click on n3.0, then there's a link to the tree on the left
side, leading you to
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/tree/n3.0
where you find the Changelog
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/n3.0/Changelog

Note: not all of those changes in the changelog are in your commit, but
vice versa: Your commit is part of the changes in the release that came
later. This is not what you want. :-)

If you want to see what your particular commit corresponds to, you can
go directly from the commit to its tree ("Browse files", top right) and
navigate to its Changelog:
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/f4c1a4848378d035b835e9e2ca1c62f15a5982b1/Changelog

Actually, you can just insert your shorthash into that URL, that works
as well:
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/blob/f4c1a48/Changelog

Cheers,
Moritz