Note that GH_TAGNAME can be any length of the git hash.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d19afa295b76..bdb63f5b0d63 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ All ports committers are allowed to commit to this file.
   that has a different checksum than before due to a changed directory name
   for extraction.
 
+  GH_TAGNAME can now be any length of the hash as long as it is unique.  There
+  is no longer a 7-character requirement.
+
   The following MASTER_SITES are provided to retain the old checksum and
   directory structure (that require GH_COMMIT):
     GH -> GHL
diff --git a/Mk/bsd.sites.mk b/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
index 22044a90618c..e945ae958da9 100644
--- a/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.sites.mk
@@ -519,13 +519,15 @@ MASTER_SITE_GENTOO+= \
 #
 # GH_TAGNAME    - name of the tag to download (2.0.1, hash, ...)
 #                 Using the name of a branch here is incorrect. It is
-#                 possible to do GH_TAGNAME=${GH_COMMIT} to do a snapshot
+#                 possible to do GH_TAGNAME= GIT_HASH to do a snapshot.
 #                 default: ${DISTVERSION}
 #
 # GH_COMMIT     - first 7 digits of the commit that generated GH_TAGNAME
 #                 (man git-describe(1))
 #                 if this is not set, archive corresponding to tag is fetched
 #                 default: not set
+#                 This is a deprecated option. Just set the hash in GH_TAGNAME
+#                 instead.
 #
 .if defined(USE_GITHUB)
 .  if defined(GH_TAGNAME) && ${GH_TAGNAME} == master