Re: [PATCH] git-version-gen: Fix for tags containing '-'

[Paul Eggert]

Markus Armbruster wrote:
> there's an additional problem my patch fails to address:
>
>      # Change the first '-' to a '.', so version-comparing tools work properly.
>      # Remove the "g" in git describe's output string, to save a byte.
>      v=`echo "$v" | sed 's/-/./;s/\(.*\)-g/\1-/'`;
>
> Messes with '-' in tags.  I think it should replace the first '-g'
> instead.  What do you think?

Sorry, I'm not following. Could you give an example of the problem? Evidently 
the code is messing with the first "-" and the last "-g" deliberately.