Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix version when building out of tree

[David Ahern]

On 11/5/13, 10:36 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> I think you could avoid the 'short' complication altogether by doing
> something like this:
>
> > +elif test -f ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE
> > +then
> > +	TAG=$(cut -d' ' -f3 ../../PERF-VERSION-FILE)
>
> That extracts 'TAG' as a true sha1 and makes GVF correct on out of tree
> builds as well.

Certainly. I was trying to make PERF-VERSION-FILE readable as a 
standalone file -- a better version descriptor than HEAD file.

David



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