On Sun, Oct 09, 2016 at 07:53:23PM -0700, Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia wrote: > Subject: Re: [PATCH] t4014-format-patch: Adjust git_version regex to better > handle distro changes to DEF_VER > > Regressed-in: 480871e09ed2e5275b4ba16b278681e5a8c122ae > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia <jeremyhu@xxxxxxxxx> I see there was a discussion elsewhere on the list about exactly what you are putting into DEF_VAR that causes the problem. Perhaps the commit message here would be a good place to mention that, why the current regex breaks it, and why your new version fixes not only it, but other possible values of DEF_VAR. -Peff