git version dances

picking specific version we know ubuntu is happy with

diff --git a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
index a981b59c1f91a337339bc0d1ccc8722783acc280..5b7ef8cce128d5bc1a5903ac673d4c95a27bd90b 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
+++ b/scripts/rev_control/version_control.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,17 @@ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/terminal_titler.sh"
 
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+# check git version to see if we can use autostash.
+# this appears to be an ubuntu issue, where xenial did not provide it even though the
+# feature appeared in git 2.6 and xenial claims it has git version 2.7.4.  eventually,
+# this version test can go away.
 gitvertest="$(git version | sed -e 's/git version [0-9]\.//' | sed -e 's/\.0$//' )"
+#hmmm: temp below!
 echo gitvertest is $gitvertest
-if [[ $gitvertest > 9 ]]; then
-  # we believe auto-stash is not available until 2.9, but we are sure it was missing
-  # on ubuntu xenial with git 2.7.4.
+if (( $gitvertest >= 11 )); then
+  # auto-stash is not available until 2.6 for git, but ubuntu is misreporting or using a
+  # differing version number somehow.  we are sure autostash was missing on ubuntu xenial
+  # with git 2.7.4 and it's definitely present in zesty with git at 2.11.
   PULL_ADDITION='--rebase --autostash'
 fi