build: adjust version number handling

[openwrt/openwrt.git] / package / base-files / image-config.in

diff --git a/package/base-files/image-config.in b/package/base-files/image-config.in
index 43d3859301487391394a6838e88701e5b37916e9..4610c2b995a32ba4abe8353a1e88aaf06ad75b39 100644 (file)
--- a/package/base-files/image-config.in
+++ b/package/base-files/image-config.in
@@ -175,8 +175,17 @@ if VERSIONOPT
                prompt "Release version number"
                help
                        This is the release version number embedded in the image.
-                       If unspecified, it defaults to the svn or git-svn revision
-                       of the build tree.
+                       If unspecified, it defaults to CURRENT for the master branch
+                       or to ##.##-CURRENT on release branches.
+
+       config VERSION_CODE
+               string
+               prompt "Release version code"
+               help
+                       This is the release version code embedded in the image.
+                       If unspecified, it defaults to a revision number describing the
+                       repository version of the source, e.g. the number of commits
+                       since a branch point or a short Git commit ID.
 
        config VERSION_REPO
                string
@@ -185,11 +194,11 @@ if VERSIONOPT
                help
                        This is the repository address embedded in the image, it defaults
                        to the trunk snapshot repo; the url may contain the following placeholders:
-                        %R .. Revision number
-                        %V .. Release version or revision number, uppercase
-                        %v .. Release version or revision number, lowercase
-                        %C .. Release version or "HEAD", uppercase
-                        %c .. Release version or "head", lowercase
+                        %R .. Repository revision ID
+                        %V .. Configured release version number or "CURRENT", uppercase
+                        %v .. Configured release version number or "current", lowercase
+                        %C .. Configured release revision code or value of %R, uppercase
+                        %c .. Configured release revision code or value of %R, lowercase
                         %N .. Release name, uppercase
                         %n .. Release name, lowercase
                         %D .. Distribution name or "Lede", uppercase