[PATCH v2] Print git describe output into the log file.

[Dan Nicholson]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gaetan Nadon <memsize at videotron.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 06:31 -0700, Dan Nicholson wrote:
>
> It might be nicer, but could get messy when you consider all the corner
> cases.
>
> True, and the mess can be contained in a macro. Reusing the design for
> ChangeLog is worth a shot.
> Not to mention the script brings a mess of it's own in the build. It
> introduces multiple points of failure.
> Finding a home for the mess is not obvious.

But the reason we put the ChangeLog mess in a macro is because it
would be used across all the modules. If it's only being used here,
then you might as well put it in the Makefile where it can be clean
instead of a shell variable that's substituted. Unless we think this
is going to be used in a lot places.

--
Dan