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mike dupont
update
3dcad1f
This patch is being discussed
at <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-07/msg00079.html>.
Remove when integrated in Gnulib.
diff --git a/build-aux/git-version-gen b/build-aux/git-version-gen
index bd2c4b6..4458d7d 100755
--- a/build-aux/git-version-gen
+++ b/build-aux/git-version-gen
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Print a version string.
Options:
--prefix PREFIX prefix of git tags (default 'v')
+ --match pattern for git tags to match (default: '\$prefix*')
--fallback VERSION
fallback version to use if \"git --version\" fails
@@ -97,11 +98,15 @@ Running without arguments will suffice in most cases."
prefix=v
fallback=
+unset match
+unset tag_sed_script
+
while test $# -gt 0; do
case $1 in
--help) echo "$usage"; exit 0;;
--version) echo "$version"; exit 0;;
--prefix) shift; prefix=${1?};;
+ --match) shift; match="$1";;
--fallback) shift; fallback=${1?};;
-*)
echo "$0: Unknown option '$1'." >&2
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@ if test "x$tarball_version_file" = x; then
exit 1
fi
+match="${match:-$prefix*}"
tag_sed_script="${tag_sed_script:-s/x/x/}"
nl='
@@ -155,7 +161,7 @@ then
# directory, and "git describe" output looks sensible, use that to
# derive a version string.
elif test "`git log -1 --pretty=format:x . 2>&1`" = x \
- && v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match="$prefix*" HEAD 2>/dev/null \
+ && v=`git describe --abbrev=4 --match="$match" HEAD 2>/dev/null \
|| git describe --abbrev=4 HEAD 2>/dev/null` \
&& v=`printf '%s\n' "$v" | sed "$tag_sed_script"` \
&& case $v in