Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > - We can pull the default version out of GIT-VERSION-GEN and move it > into its own file. This likely requires some adjustments for scripts > that bump the version, but allows Meson to read the version from > that file trivially. > > The last option is a proper solution and quite trivial to implement, and > adapting scripts should be a one-time event. Refactor GIT-VERSION-GEN > accordingly. It is not clear what "proper" is. It smells like we are bending an established work flow element to placate a tool that is not willing to cooperate, which is very much unwelcome. Compared to that, grepping for "^DEF_VER=" in the file may be less yucky.
