/usr/src Git --count (count of commits to the branch)

[Graham Perrin]

On 21/03/2021 22:35, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> …
> Take a look at the newd git "Getting started" guide at
> https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/committers-guide/#git-primer. If you
> use a shallow clone, there is no easy way. If you have a full clone, you
> will have a hash starting with 'n' followed by 6 digits. This is a sequence
> count of commits to the relevant branch. In your case, the sequence is
> n244684.


FreeBSD: git --count result differs from the number in output from uname -v
<https://pastebin.com/P1avJGwz>

I have seen differences more than once.

Can someone explain? Thanks.