Re: [PATCH 5/5] Add a --version option to sparse

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Christopher Li wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Ramsay
> Jones<ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> $ git checkout master
>> $ git describe
>> 0.4.1-99-g37f041a
> 
> If works well if you are following the official branch. If you are working
> on your own, you might have some private tag. Then that will mess up
> the "git describe". My tag might not even look like a version number.
> 

True, but I don't see that as a problem. :)

>> However, you would not want sparse (the library) to force *all*
>> applications built with the library to handle the --version option
>> by printing the sparse (the program) version string and exiting!
> 
> That is what YOUR current patch do, no?
> 

Exactly. ;-)
I was describing what is wrong with the patch and how I intended to
fix it. Indeed, I have fixed it. However, since there is no interest
in it, I'll refrain from spaming the list. ;-)

ATB,
Ramsay Jones

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