oxidize `vergen`

[Byron]

Needed from gitoxide

• [x] information about branch and commit
• git describe - NOT git name-rev ;).
  • [x] implementation
  • [x] use it in vergen
  • [ ] dirty-working-tree tracking with suffix
• [x] unambiguous short-id

Integration progress

• [x] make CI pass
  • [x] figure out which path has issues
• [x] implement features
• [x] cleanup history
• [x] https://github.com/rustyhorde/vergen/pull/112
• [ ] can the MSRV be stored? Note that vergen occasionally updates their MSRV so this problem goes away with time.
  • https://github.com/microsoft/windows-rs/issues/1699
  • [ ] merge #394 , switch to winapi if needed
• [ ] get PR merged or closed

https://lib.rs/crates/vergen https://github.com/byron/vergen

[nstinus]

Just hit this. Is there a way to get a describe with match arguments like the git command line?

[Byron]

Currently it's not possible to do that. To enable this, one would either have to…

• …add a new variant to SelectRef which is responsible for selecting the available name/commit-id mappings.
  • This could even be implemented with a filter function so that users can implement whatever filter logic they want, or alternatively, a way to pass the name mappings directly.
• …use the plumbing directly.
  • This would allow the client side to implement this today, without having to wait for (or contribute to) upstream.

I hope that helps.