fixed pkgver function to be compliant to guidelines ( thanks to Terence )

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 0283bb35b187..19d4f5416fe2 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgbase = mididings-git
 	pkgdesc = A MIDI router and processor based on Python, supporting ALSA and JACK MIDI (python3 patched)
-	pkgver = 20191029.bbec99a
+	pkgver = r706.bbec99a
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = http://das.nasophon.de/mididings/
 	arch = i686
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 331ac7bf6fd3..e3b9b2a1ffbc 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 pkgname_=mididings
 pkgname=$pkgname_-git
-pkgver=20191029.bbec99a
+pkgver=r706.bbec99a
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A MIDI router and processor based on Python, supporting ALSA and JACK MIDI (python3 patched)"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ md5sums=('SKIP')
 
 pkgver() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname"
-  # uuuugly code to use date + current git hash in lieu of absent release tag
-  echo "$(date +%Y%m%d).$(git describe --always)"
+  printf "r%s.%s" "$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" "$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 }
 
 build() {