vcstagger.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# Copyright 2015 The Meson development team

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import sys, os, subprocess, re

def config_vcs_tag(infile, outfile, fallback, source_dir, replace_string, regex_selector, cmd):
    try:
        output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, cwd=source_dir)
        new_string = re.search(regex_selector, output.decode()).group(1).strip()
    except Exception:
        new_string = fallback

    new_data = open(infile).read().replace(replace_string, new_string)
    if (not os.path.exists(outfile)) or (open(outfile).read() != new_data):
        open(outfile, 'w').write(new_data)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    infile, outfile, fallback, source_dir, replace_string, regex_selector = sys.argv[1:7]
    command = sys.argv[7:]
    config_vcs_tag(infile, outfile, fallback, source_dir, replace_string, regex_selector, command)