dmd git master version
Steven Schveighoffer
schveiguy at gmail.com
Wed Oct 12 21:06:25 UTC 2022
On 10/12/22 4:45 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. (Though I must say, it strikes me as a little odd to
> key the version number off git tags, which are fluid and
> arbitrarily-assigned, as opposed to actual source code that reflects the
> actual functionality behind a particular version number...)
The main benefit is if you build with a non-tagged version, you can know
exactly which commit caused your abomination to exist.
And also, git tags are somewhat fluid, but also pretty rigid, it takes a
lot to delete them and update the server to the new one.
-Steve
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