Re: git-gui problem with version number.

"Shawn O. Pearce" [off-list ref] writes:

David Kastrup [off-list ref] wrote:

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David Kastrup [off-list ref] writes:

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Now that is funny.  I am pretty sure (or rather _have_ been pretty
sure) that I cloned the respective repositories with the same command.
Yet now both are up-to-date according to git-pull (and have identical
.config contents), and the first compiles version git version
1.5.3.rc2.41.gb47b1 while the second compiles version
1.5.3.rc3.7.gd58e-dirty.  Both have been cloned from git.git, the

A combination of rebasing and pushing made the difference go away and
made git-gui work again.  Nevertheless, it would be a good idea not to
balk at the dirty version strings.

Did you not see me already state in this thread that its already
been fixed?

I saw you state that the problem was fixed in your local version, but
that this had not been pulled into git.git.  So I was adding a vote to
have this included.

Latest git-gui already has the problem dealt with, and that latest
version will be included in git 1.5.3 when it ships.

That is good to hear but it was far from obvious when I wrote the
above mail.

Nevertheless, thanks for the problem report.

You are welcome.

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