912208 – git-r3.eclass: expose git commit used in pkg_info

Bug 912208 - git-r3.eclass: expose git commit used in pkg_info

Summary: git-r3.eclass: expose git commit used in pkg_info

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Eclasses (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Michał Górny

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Reported:	2023-08-13 07:03 UTC by Sam James
Modified:	2023-08-31 00:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:	489100
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horrible-hack-poc.patch (file_912208.txt,502 bytes, patch) 2023-08-13 07:03 UTC, Sam James	Details \| Diff
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Description Sam James archtester

2023-08-13 07:03:45 UTC

Created attachment 867747 [details, diff]
horrible-hack-poc.patch

We should export pkg_info in git-r3.eclass to make it easy to see which commit/tag a live ebuild was built at. We often have to ask people to look in the vdb in #gentoo when debugging issues.

Attached a terrible PoC just to convince myself it works.