Re: perl5.test-smoke.org feature request: explanation of git-id

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On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:48:16 -0500, James E Keenan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> When you go to http://perl5.test-smoke.org/search, one of the columns=20
> presented is "Git-id".  Its contents look like this:
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> v5.25.8-269-g01f9673
> v5.25.8-196-g3626fc2
> v5.25.8-208-g05053e2
> v5.25.8-260-g57b3a6b6ec

$ git help describe

NAME
       git-describe - Describe a commit using the most recent tag reachable
       from it

SYNOPSIS
       git describe [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=3D<n>] [<commit=
-ish>...]
       git describe [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=3D<n>] --dirty[=
=3D<mark>]

DESCRIPTION
       The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a commi=
t.
       If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is shown. Otherwi=
se,
       it suffixes the tag name with the number of additional commits on top
       of the tagged object and the abbreviated object name of the most rec=
ent
       commit.

       By default (without --all or --tags) git describe only shows annotat=
ed
       tags. For more information about creating annotated tags see the -a =
and
       -s options to git-tag(1).

> What these strings mean is not entirely self-evident.  I can infer that=20
> 'v5.25.8' means "after we've released perl-5.25.8."  And I understand=20
> that in the final part of the string, everything after the initial 'g'=20
> is a git SHA (commit ID).
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> But I've never understood what the middle integer is supposed to mean.=20
> Those integers do not appear to be assigned in strictly increasing=20
> numerical order.  It would be nice if there was some explanation on the=20
> page as to what that part and the whole Git-id are supposed to mean.
>=20
> Thank you very much.
> Jim Keenan


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