version.cmake

# CMake script to get git repository version at compile time
# taken from Matt Keeter's blog and slightly adapted
# https://www.mattkeeter.com/blog/2018-01-06-versioning/

execute_process(COMMAND git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1
                OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_REV
                ERROR_QUIET)

# Check whether we got any revision (which isn't
# always the case, e.g. when someone downloaded a zip
# file from Github instead of a checkout)
if ("${GIT_REV}" STREQUAL "")
    set(GIT_REV "N/A")
    set(GIT_DIFF "")
    set(GIT_TAG "N/A")
    set(GIT_BRANCH "N/A")
else()
    execute_process(
        COMMAND bash -c "git diff --quiet --exit-code || echo +"
        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_DIFF)
    execute_process(
        COMMAND git describe --exact-match --tags
        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_TAG ERROR_QUIET)
    execute_process(
        COMMAND git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
        OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_BRANCH)

    string(STRIP "${GIT_REV}" GIT_REV)
    string(SUBSTRING "${GIT_REV}" 1 7 GIT_REV)
    string(STRIP "${GIT_DIFF}" GIT_DIFF)
    string(STRIP "${GIT_TAG}" GIT_TAG)
    string(STRIP "${GIT_BRANCH}" GIT_BRANCH)
endif()

if("${GIT_TAG}" STREQUAL "")
    set(GIT_TAG "N/A")
endif()

set(VERSION "const char* GIT_REV=\"${GIT_REV}${GIT_DIFF}\";
const char* GIT_TAG=\"${GIT_TAG}\";
const char* GIT_BRANCH=\"${GIT_BRANCH}\";")

if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.cc)
    file(READ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.cc VERSION_)
else()
    set(VERSION_ "")
endif()

if (NOT "${VERSION}" STREQUAL "${VERSION_}")
    file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/version.cc "${VERSION}")
endif()