[Users] git versions going backwards?

[Brian Morrison]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:54:31 +0100
Sharon Kimble wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:42:15 +0100
> Brian Morrison <bdm at fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 15:11:40 +0100
> > Brad Rogers wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:16:45 +0100
> > > Brian Morrison <bdm at fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hello Brian,
> > > 
> > > >I see that today's git pull and build has created a 3.9.2git87
> > > >version, whereas after the last pull a couple of weeks ago it was
> > > >creating 3.9.2git90 when doing make dist.
> > > 
> > > Odd;  I've just don a git pull and got git91.
> > > 
> > 
> > Odder still, I've done the same pull and autogen & make dist, I have
> > git88 now.
> > 
> > I don't know enough about git to understand how this works.
> > 
> Brian.
> What git version do you get if you do a complete 'git clone ' into a
> new, fresh, empty directory? This will give you a fresh start and
> might clear it up and get you back on the same track as the rest of
> us :)

That's what I did to get git87 the other day, I archived the old
directory and re-cloned.

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Brian Morrison