Re: Setting the value of `emacs-bzr-version' also from a git checkout

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:42:51 +0200
> From: Dani Moncayo <address@hidden>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>, Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden>, 
>       Emacs development discussions <address@hidden>
> 
> >> "114635 address@hidden"
> >>  ^^^^^^^
> >> This part is currently missing.  We need it.
> >
> > Not necessarily (although it would be nice, indeed).  The revno can be
> > easily found using the revision-id:
> >
> >   $ bzr revision-info address@hidden
> >   114635 address@hidden
> >
> > IOW, the revision-id is enough to unequivocally identify the revision
> > in any given branch.
> 
> Of course, but that would require the user to have bzr installed, just
> to get the revnos from the revids.

Emacs developers and maintainers already have bzr installed.