Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] v3 kconfig: place git SHA1 in .config output if in SCM | From | Mike Galbraith <> | Date | Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:10:48 +0100 |
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On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 18:54 -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > This patch appends the localversion string to the Linux kernel version. > For example, in a git tree with uncommitted changes, the .config file > might start as follows (but with leading hash marks): > > Automatically generated make config: don't edit > Linux kernel version: 2.6.33-01836-g90a6501-dirty > Mon Mar 1 17:05:59 2010 > > The "-01836-g90a6501-dirty" string is added by this patch.
I really like this. This gives me the advantages of non-volatile build info without the mess that makes if it's appended to file names/paths.
-Mike
Eventually someone will make bisect stop stepping on random kernels, and generally making a mess, and life will be grand ;-)
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