Re: [PATCH] perf tool: simplify a git command in PERF-VERSION-GEN

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Oct 02 2013 - 05:42:31 EST



* Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Replace a complex git log invocation with a simpler git rev-parse
> invocation.
>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
> index 15a77b7..b23d11b 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ TAG=
> if test -d ../../.git -o -f ../../.git
> then
> TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --match "v[0-9].[0-9]*" 2>/dev/null )
> - CID=$(git log -1 --abbrev=4 --pretty=format:"%h" 2>/dev/null) && CID="-g$CID"
> + CID=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null) && CID="-g$CID"

This shaves 4 milliseconds off the build time as well.

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

Ingo
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