2015-03-09 11:39 GMT+01:00 Sean P. DeNigris <sean@clipperadams.com>:
Martin Bähr wrote
It takes ages to scan the version metadata contained in the git repository. why is that?
Also, this is a copy operation, so we already have the version number from the mcz! Why can't we just use that?
No problem, just make a correct clone with the full history of your MC repository and you'll get the right version number :) There is technical limitations in adding that information (or using it). I did use it a long time ago at the beginning of gitfiletree, but it was prohibitively slow, even on small git repositories. I would have been pleased by a Package-Author.Commit.mcz approach however, but the numbering scheme in MC is so hopelessly broken and unreliable anyway that it's not worth the hassle. The only thing correct in MC is the UUID, but, except in very specific cases, it isn't used because it's too costly to check it. Thierry