From: Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 16:46:42 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Change the first '-' to '.' in the snapshot version string,
X-Git-Tag: v6.9.89~3
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8beb69b1480485bb81b16c0eb90f49d76cd8dd94;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

Change the first '-' to '.' in the snapshot version string,

e.g., 6.9-377-08144 -> 6.9.377-08144
* build-aux/git-version-gen: ... and add comments.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4d931f3c36..ca1ac5d38c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-11-03  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+	Change the first '-' to '.' in the snapshot version string,
+	e.g., 6.9-377-08144 -> 6.9.377-08144
+	* build-aux/git-version-gen: ... and add comments.
+
 	seq: add another test for the %% bug.
 	* tests/misc/seq (fmt-c): Test the other fixed case, too.
 
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index c433c262d2..4e8ffc6eaf 100755
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ elif test -d .git \
 	 *) (exit 1) ;;
        esac
 then
-    # Remove the "g" in git-describe's output string.
-    v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
+    # Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
+    # Remove the "g" in git-describe's output string, to save a byte.
+    v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
 else
     v=UNKNOWN
 fi