[OE-core] SRCPV and git

[Paul Eggleton]

Hi Joe,

On Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:07:15 Slater, Joseph wrote:
> I believe that SRCPV for a git SRC_URI always contains the string AUTOINC. 
> This could be considered wrong, or just misleading, since SRCREV can be set
> to a sha.  I think I might have brought this up in the past, but I cannot
> remember if there is some reason to retain the AUTOINC unconditionally.

I'll just paste this FAQ link - not that I'd expect anyone to have found this 
since it's still an unofficial FAQ, just to save me typing out the same thing:

  https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Technical_FAQ#Why_is_bitbake_showing_.22AUTOINC.22_in_the_version_for_some_recipes.3F

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre