[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] bitbake: bb.fetch2.git: Fix _latest_revision function while using tags

[Olof Johansson]

On 14-01-05 02:53 +0100, Andrei Gherzan wrote:
> When getting the revision we must take into consideration if the name we are
> looking for is a tag and in that case we need the dereferenced commit ID in
> order to check for it existance in a specific branch.
> 
> So first search for the reference^{} commit ID and only if that returns nothing
> get the name as it is.

I think this is the same issue I've tried to solve in a patch i
sent in December (subject: bb.fetch2.git: support resolving both
tags and branches). I haven't heard anything about it yet though.

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olofjn