[IPython-dev] git describe doesn't work?

[Dave Hirschfeld]

Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> But the patches that are applied to 2.x and master are different.
> 
> 2.x cannot really be considered be considers as in between 2.0 and 
master. 
> 
> its like saying that obviously 7.5+0.001im is the middle of 5.0 and 
10.0. 
> 
> Though I understand what you want to do. 
> Would tagging the 2.0.0+1commit to something like 3.0.0-dev suit you ? 
> 
> You would still not have 2.1 and 2.2 ancestor of 3.0.0-dev, but it 
should be simpler for comparison. 
> 

The explanation does make sense. I like your idea of tagging 3.0.0-dev 
as I think that will solve the problem of (git describe) master 
comparing less than release 2.2.0.

Thanks,
Dave