On October 19, 2022 11:31 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: ><rsbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> On October 19, 2022 10:35 AM, I wrote: >>>When I build 2.38.1, I'm ending up with GIT-VERSION-FILE as follows: >>> >>>$ cat GIT-VERSION-FILE >>>GIT_VERSION = 2.38.GIT >>> >>>$ ./git version >>>git version 2.38.GIT > >That is unexpected. > >>>This seems a bit different from past patches. Is this intended? >> >> I should point out that I used the 'main' branch for this build. > >Yes, you should. You didn't build 2.38.1. > >If you built 'main' (which does not really exist, by the way---I push out 'master' to >'master' and to 'main' when I publish for illusion), it has a lot of development >towards the next feature release plus whatever is in 'maint', and 2.38.GIT is >expected. > >"git checkout --detach v2.38.1" and build from there, and then you can say "I built >2.38.1". "git checkout maint" and building it right now would also build 2.38.1 but >that is only true until 'maint' gains more updates on top to prepare for 2.38.2. I am going to change our build process to be specific in terms of tags instead of using branch names from here on. Thanks, Randall
