Dirty DMD

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Saturday, 18 November 2023 at 18:52:07 UTC, JN wrote:
> Latest DMD for Windows downloaded from here: 
> https://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.105.3/dmd-2.105.3.exe reports version as dirty:
>
> DMD64 D Compiler v2.105.3-dirty
> Copyright (C) 1999-2023 by The D Language Foundation, All 
> Rights Reserved written by Walter Bright
>
> what does it mean by dirty?

Something in the build process changes a file and therefore the 
thing that checks the version marks it as dirty. It’s perfectly 
fine, this is the official release.

It’s a bit embarrassing to be honest. The windows binaries have 
been reporting dirty for years and nobody cares to fix it.

-Steve