git and the loss of revision numbers
Michael Grimm
trashcan at ellael.org
Thu Dec 24 14:11:25 UTC 2020
Hi
Disclaimer: I just started to learn git, never used it before.
If I do understand it correctly, the switch from svn to git comes with a loss of continuously increasing revision numbers. Correct? If so I wonder how future security advisories and errata notices will be composed. Will there be a date of the commit besides its hash being reported?
In the past I could easily judge if there was a need to buildworld or buildkernel: If uname shows a larger revision number than those in advisories or notices.
Question: How may one find out whether to recompile or not in the future?
Thanks and regards,
Michael
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