From: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 00:16:26 GMT
Subject: Re: help with git usage
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805080112580.6421@kaos.quantumfyre.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200805072242.m47Mg1o0015578@rs40.luxsci.com>

On Wed, 7 May 2008, Daniel Quinlan wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to embed some identifying information about 
> version
> into compiled programs.  I hasten to add that I am not looking to 
> expand RCS-like
> tags.  Unlike CVS/RCS, git provides a single value that characterizes 
> the whole
> distribution, at least if everything is committed.  So, something like 
> "git log | head -1 | awk '{print $2}'"
> probably provides a value which I can embed into executables and 
> libraries, tying
> them to a particular source configuration.  I'm just curious if 
> there's a better approach
> to getting the commit hash.

something like "git show-ref -s HEAD" perhaps?

-- 
Julian

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