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Re: Binutils release 2.28 - soon

> thanks!  I still think using the date is more expressive than using a
>  commit ID.  So what about only bumping the date if the last commit is
>  not a date bump?

In my opinion, git describe is much much more precise than a date.
Eg:

    % git describe
    ref-tag-190-gdda5790

>From there, I know that the commit is 190 commits past a tag called
ref-tag.

-- 
Joel
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