[LLVMdev] [PATCH] Detect SVN revision and path on Git working copy

[Mark Lacey]

On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:16 AM, Adam Strzelecki <ono at java.pl> wrote:

> Currently when building from Git `clang --version` shows Git hash and repo URL
> instead of SVN revision. However SVN is master for LLVM, so it is better to
> show exactly the same as if built from SVN, if we build using clean master.

I’m not sure I follow why that is better. If I’m building from a clone of a git repo why wouldn’t I want the git hash?

> 
> Therefore we check if last commit contains git-svn-id: and if so we extract SVN
> revision and repo URL. Otherwise we fallback to Git hash and URL.

This means that from build to build, depending on whether a Git change or SVN change is the most recent on my branch, I will get different results. That seems problematic.

> 
> Calls to sed and grep conform to POSIX standard (no extended RE).
> ---
> utils/GetRepositoryPath | 2 ++
> utils/GetSourceVersion  | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
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