Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > John Gallagher <johnkgallagher@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The actual thing I want to do is >> something like this: >> >> static const char *project_version = "$Format:...$"; >> >> where "..." is something that `git archive` will replace with the >> output of `git describe`,... > > You need to find an appropriate pair of placeholders that can > represent "git describe $it" and "git describe --contains $it". > > I am tempted to suggest a more generalized way that is not limited > to describe at all, perhaps like this: > > $ git show --format='%x( git describe %H )' > $ git show --format='%x( git describe --contains %H )' Just in case anybody takes it too seriously, this particular implementaiton will never be acceptable at least for use in "$Format:" of export-subst. I am "tempted to" suggest, but am not crazy enough to actually doing so ;-). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html