[Fedora-packaging] Source0 for github ?

[Tom Hughes]

On 22/09/14 12:58, Jeff Backus wrote:

>     interesting, I used a different commit id today and it works.
>     However if I use the instructions on the page to get the right commit
>     it doesn't.
>
>     Ie if I use git rev-parse $TAG I get a commit id which will not work
>     when substituted above. Intead if I do git log -1 $TAG and use the
>     commit id of the tagged commit it works.
>     I wonder if the instructions have always been wrong or if they change
>     something subtler in github and now only the tag ids do not work
>     anymore ...
>
> Hi Simo,
>
> Interesting. I can't speak to the use of get rev-parse vs. git log since
> I always grabbed the commit hash from the webpage (I know, I know, I'll
> hand in my l33t h4x0r card next meeting, I swear).

The git rev-parse command is giving you the ID of the tag, not the ID of 
the commit that the tag points at.

Tom

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