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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] build: write VERSION file containing $(VERSION) string\r
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+On Tue, Jan 28 2014, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:\r
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+> Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi> writes:\r
+>\r
+>> +VERSION:=$(shell gv=`exec git describe --match '[0-9.]*'|sed -e s/_/~/ -e s/-/+/ -e s/-/~/`; test -f VERSION || touch VERSION; read fv < VERSION; test x"$$fv" = x"$$gv" || echo "$$gv" > VERSION; echo "$$gv")\r
+>\r
+> does this need to be one line long? It's a bit scary.\r
+\r
+Probably not -- I realized after sending v3 I could have split that\r
+(among one other problem...)\r
+\r
+>\r
+>> +# this file may already have been updated.\r
+>> +VERSION: version\r
+>> + echo $(VERSION) > version\r
+>\r
+> I'd prefer the build process does not change any version controlled\r
+> file. It should be source, or generated, but not both. did you mean to\r
+> write to VERSION here?\r
+\r
+I sure meant to. actually echo $(VERSION) > $@\r
+\r
+>\r
+> d\r
+>\r
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+Tnx for the review...\r
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+Tomi\r