The program's info shows that I have installed Kicad 5.1.0 r1079
I already installed KiCad r13573 and got same information
Could you please inform me if are any problems with revision information or with Nightly builds to Windows 10 (x86-64) ?
If not, where can I find the correct revision number installed?
Revision numbers are not really what is important to know what version you use. (Some packagers left it in as a reminder of a past before git.)
The git hash is what really identifies your version. This is the stuff after the point in your revision number and also the stuff after -g in the version string. You can then use git log on the source repo to really see in detail where your nightly build is along the development and what changed recently (or even after it)
I always use nightly builds since I found them and the revision number was displayed on main window.
I think I stop using KiCad (stop developing my projects) in January/February and only now I update KiCad and I thought it was odd that I can’t find the revision number in the program
The version number is “<tag>-<# commits after tag>-g<git hash>”
tag is the last tag in the repo, e.g. “5.1.0”
# commits after tag is the number of commits since that tag was applied
git hash is the last few digits of the head commit when the build was made.
Confusingly “Release” just means the code was built with Debug options turned off.
But, I can’t figure where the r13579 comes from, presumably added by the packaging.
I don’t understand where this number comes from too
I just installed Nightly build r13394 from 2019-06-07 and this is the info on the main window:
For me, the only correct information about version is what @Rene_Poschl said about git hash, in this case is a75dd7f48 and is the same as in the Nightly build file’s name:
