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Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT]

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Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> writes:
> On Fri, 31 May 2019 14:27:18 +0000, Queequeg wrote:
>> Fetch the current commit hash during compilation (for example with git
>> rev-parse --short HEAD) and put it in a macrodefinition in your makefile
>> or similar.
>> 
>> CFLAGS += -DCOMMIT_HASH=\"$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)\"
>
> This has the ugly drawback that the build process breaks as soon as 
> there's no git involved - like distributing the source code in a 
> standalone *.tar.gz or so.

Then whatever (a script, a "make tarball" target, etc.) creates
the *.tar.gz file can run the appropriate git command and write its
output to a file.  The Makefile can invoke something that invokes
git and falls back to reading that file if the git command fails.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-05-31 07:02 -0700
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-05-31 14:27 +0000
    Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-05-31 16:42 +0000
      Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-05-31 13:23 -0700
      Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-05-31 21:10 +0000
        Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Mateusz Viste <mateusz@wont.tell> - 2019-06-01 09:31 +0000
          Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] queequeg@trust.no1 (Queequeg) - 2019-06-01 12:39 +0000
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-05-31 16:28 +0200
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-05-31 07:51 -0700
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-05-31 15:59 +0100
    Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2019-05-31 22:56 +0100
      Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] John Forkosh <forkosh@panix.com> - 2019-06-01 02:55 +0000
        Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-01 04:26 -0700
          Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2019-06-01 04:35 -0700
      Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-06-01 04:03 -0700
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-05-31 13:30 -0700
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-05-31 21:46 +0000
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Shuggie <shuggie@latepaul.com> - 2019-06-01 11:21 +0100
  Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2019-06-01 21:23 +0000
    Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-01 14:34 -0700
    Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2019-06-02 12:36 -0700
      Re: Tagging programs with git hash. [slightly OT] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2019-06-02 14:35 -0700

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