[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0013223]: [patch] Generate a version when asterisk is built in a git repository

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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13223 
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Reported By:                tzafrir
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   13223
Category:                   Core/BuildSystem
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   tweak
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  1.4  
SVN Revision (number only!): 133488 
Disclaimer on File?:        N/A 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2008-08-02 11:09 CDT
Last Modified:              2008-08-05 09:45 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] Generate a version when asterisk is built in
a git repository
Description: 
Currently asterisk knows to generate version.h from two potential sources:

1. a .version file in the source tree. This is used for tarballs or
tarballs.
2. 'svn info' when building an a subversion repository and there's no
.version file.

This patch adds handling to building in a git repository, similar to (2):

* Like in (2), the numeric version number is 999999.
* Unlike in (2), though, I could not think of a nice way to derive a text
version string. Thus the version name is simply "GIT".

Without the Makefile part of this patch, building fails in a git
repository (specifically: at res/res_snmp.c). Thus I do not consider it a
feature.

The current patch is vs. 1.4. A similar patch should probably work vs.
1.6. I'll add one soon.
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Relationships       ID      Summary
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 (0091091) Corydon76 (administrator) - 2008-08-05 09:45
 http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13223#c91091 
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Going down this road puts us on a slippery slope towards supporting every
single other source control system that just one person on the project
uses.  I'm not comfortable with that decision.  If we're going to support
git at all in Asterisk, then there needs to be much more than one person on
the project using it. 

Issue History 
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2008-08-05 09:45 Corydon76      Note Added: 0091091                          
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