Re: Should I use PORTEPOCH for the sake of "looking clean"?

Hello,

You can also use git describe to get a version with commit count style
instead of <version>-<date>:

~/tmp/vimpager % git describe --tags
2.06-385-g8a4cc18

portversion will be translated to vimpager-2.06.385
as documented in:
[Example 18. Using USE_GITHUB to Access a Commit Between Two Versions]
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/#makefile-master_sites-github

But in this case a PORTEPOCH will be needed since:

% pkg version -t vimpager-2.06.20250412_1 vimpager-2.06.385
>

Cheers,



Yusuf Yaman <[email protected]> escreveu (segunda, 15/09/2025 à(s)
19:18):

> Hi,
>
> I am the maintainer of sysutils/vimpager, which is a text pager using vim.
>
> I am using repology.org for a while because it is useful, but, in my
> maintainer information page, this port is seen as problematic because it
> has the "release date" on ${DISTVERSION} too. So, I am considering adding
> PORTEPOCH and removing the date to be able to "look clean" on repology.org.
> Do you think this is OK and/or worth it? Thanks in advance!
>
> Kind regards,
> Yusuf Yaman
>
> Sent with Proton Mail <https://proton.me/mail/home> secure email.
>


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