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authorchriseth <chris@ethereum.org>2017-02-01 01:29:51 +0800
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Merge pull request #1622 from ethereum/develop
Solidity version 0.4.9
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@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ you should fork Solidity and add your personal fork as a second remote:
cd solidity
git remote add personal git@github.com:[username]/solidity.git
+Solidity has git submodules. Ensure they are properly loaded:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+ git submodule update --init --recursive
Prerequisites - macOS
---------------------
@@ -211,6 +216,24 @@ Alternatively, you can build for Windows on the command-line, like so:
cmake --build . --config RelWithDebInfo
+The version string in detail
+============================
+
+The Solidity version string contains four parts:
+- the version number
+- pre-release tag, usually set to ``develop.YYYY.MM.DD`` or ``nightly.YYYY.MM.DD``
+- commit in the format of ``commit.GITHASH``
+- platform has arbitrary number of items, containing details about the platform and compiler
+
+If there are local modifications, the commit will be postfixed with ``.mod``.
+
+These parts are combined as required by Semver, where the Solidity pre-release tag equals to the Semver pre-release
+and the Solidity commit and platform combined make up the Semver build metadata.
+
+A relase example: ``0.4.8+commit.60cc1668.Emscripten.clang``.
+
+A pre-release example: ``0.4.9-nightly.2017.1.17+commit.6ecb4aa3.Emscripten.clang``
+
Important information about versioning
======================================