precise sha1. So this patch simplifies the version string to: PERF_VERSION = 3.7.rc3.g5399b3b.dirty which speeds up the version string generation script by an order of magnitude: $ perf stat --null --repeat 3 --sync --pre "rm -f PERF-VERSION-FILE" util/PERF-VERSION-GEN PERF_VERSION = 3.7.rc3.g5399b3b.dirty PERF_VERSION = 3.7.rc3.g5399b3b.dirty PERF_VERSION = 3.7.rc3.g5399b3b.dirty Performance counter stats for 'util/PERF-VERSION-GEN' (3 runs): 0.307633559 seconds time elapsed ( +- 0.84% ) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Andrew Vagin Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Howells Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Steven Rostedt Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121030084600.GB8245@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo ód