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How to embed a hash, tag or branch name?

From
Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@iki.fi>
Date
Jul 31, 2009, 08:17 UTC
Message-ID
<20090731081723.GE29909@nalle>

How do I embed a hash, tag or branch name into source code managed by git?

I've tried searching the net, git manuals etc but haven't found a replacement for the old '$Id: $' strings from svn. What I need is a way to map compiled binaries and flash images to git tree heads, tags and branches.

Thanks,
-Mikko
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