[IPython-dev] git describe doesn't work?
Dave Hirschfeld
dave.hirschfeld at gmail.com
Wed Sep 24 06:12:45 EDT 2014
Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> But the patches that are applied to 2.x and master are different.
>
> 2.x cannot really be considered be considers as in between 2.0 and
master.
>
> its like saying that obviously 7.5+0.001im is the middle of 5.0 and
10.0.
>
> Though I understand what you want to do.
> Would tagging the 2.0.0+1commit to something like 3.0.0-dev suit you ?
>
> You would still not have 2.1 and 2.2 ancestor of 3.0.0-dev, but it
should be simpler for comparison.
>
The explanation does make sense. I like your idea of tagging 3.0.0-dev
as I think that will solve the problem of (git describe) master
comparing less than release 2.2.0.
Thanks,
Dave
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