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Re: Git and ident of binaries



On 2010-01-13 00:24 +0000 (Wed), David Laight wrote:

> You are missing the point. It isn't only CVS that uses the hierarchic
> sequential per-file version identifies, but also software developers.
> System wide versions serve an entirely different purpose.

Whether Thomas is or not, I'm certainly missing the point. What do you
need to do for which it isn't sufficient to know the path of the source
file and the "system-wide" version number of the commit from which that
binary was built?

cjs
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