wanted: recipe variable for upstream git commit id

[Tormod Volden]

The upstream commit f437ee85f4a6789d7c3be0d68fd26aa257557b83 (http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=f437ee85f4a6789d7c3be0d68fd26aa257557b83) is tagged with a Revision ID of git-v1:f437ee85f4a6789d7c3be0d68fd26aa257557b83 when it is imported into https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~vcs-imports/mesa/master

When building nightly builds I would like to contain the git id in the debian version (at least the 7 or 8 character short form), since this is the only identification that upstream developers can rely on. So I would like for instance a variable "upstreamcommit" so that I can make a recipe with something like:
 deb-version {debupstream}~git{time}+{upstreamcommit}-0ubuntu0tormod
to get a version of for instance 7.9.0~git20100816+f437ee85-0ubuntu0tormod

[James Westby (james-w)]

See also bug 412722 requesting something similar for SVN.

Thanks,

James

[jasherai (phatforge)]

Is it possible to have this variable available in the recipes?

thanks,

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

On 15/06/11 03:24, jasherai wrote:
> Is it possible to have this variable available in the recipes?
>
>
You can already use it in recipes today with the latest version of
bzr-builder (0.7). We're also in the process of getting this newer
bzr-builder deployed on Launchpad.

 affects launchpad
 status inprogress

Cheers,

Jelmer

[Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer)]

A new bzr-builder with this fix has now been deployed to the launchpad buildds.