".dirty" suffix when building git from the source code

2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page

".dirty" suffix when building git from the source code

From: Mohamed Bamakhrama <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:35

Hi all,

I have cloned the git repository and built the v1.6.4.4 tag. The
compilation went OK and I got the tool up and running. However, when I
generate patches, I see that the tool comments the patches with
"1.6.4.4.dirty".

My question is: what is the meaning of the ".dirty" suffix?

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Mohamed

Re: ".dirty" suffix when building git from the source code

From: Santi Béjar <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:35

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mohamed Bamakhrama
[off-list ref] wrote:
Hi all,

I have cloned the git repository and built the v1.6.4.4 tag. The
compilation went OK and I got the tool up and running. However, when I
generate patches, I see that the tool comments the patches with
"1.6.4.4.dirty".

My question is: what is the meaning of the ".dirty" suffix?
It says that the git source code was modified when git was compiled.

HTH,
Santi
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