Package: git-buildpackage
Version: 0.4.53
Severity: minor
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hiya,
as '~' is a special character wrt git and references, it's currently
being replaced by '.' when git-buildpackage generates tags.
this is not ideal because:
* '.' is already a valid character and not distinct from a "real" '.'
* '.' does not sort equivalently to ~
while i'm not sure there's anything we could do about the latter (thus
the output of git tag will never be correctly sortable), i think for
the former you could use a character which is not a valid character in a
"debian version", such that someone could pipe their list of tags through
a sed expression and get something that sorts correctly.
for example, you could use '_', '#', or '/' (a similar technique could
be used with a second "alternate" character to solve the same problem
for epochs).
my personal preference is to use '_' in place of '~' because it's the most
readable and pleasant on the eyes, and maybe '#' for epochs.
sean
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Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages git-buildpackage depends on:
ii devscripts 2.10.50 scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii git-core 1:1.6.3.1-1 fast, scalable, distributed revisi
ii python 2.5.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-dateutil 1.4.1-3 powerful extensions to the standar
ii python-support 1.0.3 automated rebuilding support for P
Versions of packages git-buildpackage recommends:
ii pristine-tar 1.00 regenerate pristine tarballs
Versions of packages git-buildpackage suggests:
pn git-load-dirs <none> (no description available)
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