RFR: JDK-8210283: Support git as an SCM alternative in the build

[Erik Joelsson]

On 2018-09-04 15:53, Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
> I believe both hg and git currently use SHA-1 hashes.
>
> Should the syntax used in the release file be expanded to indicate 
> which SCM the hash is from?
>
That is a good point. I will see what I can do.

/Erik
> Thanks,
>
> -Joe
>
> On 9/4/2018 3:00 PM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>> There are several instances of OpenJDK source being hosted in Git 
>> repositories instead of Mercurial. AdoptOpenJDK is one and some 
>> engineers use local conversions for their day to day work. Project 
>> Skara aims to investigate Git as well. To better support this, the 
>> build needs to be able to support Git as an alternative to Mercurial 
>> when creating the identification hash in the release file. It would 
>> also be convenient with a .gitignore file mirroring the .hgignore file.
>>
>> This patch adds such support as well as a .gitignore file.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8210283
>>
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8210283/webrev.01/index.html
>>
>> /Erik
>>
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