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| author | Dimitri Staessens <dimitri@ouroboros.rocks> | 2026-02-15 18:54:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Sander Vrijders <sander@ouroboros.rocks> | 2026-02-18 08:02:26 +0100 |
| commit | b6b0b754d99dc2298930cb5db42950bf7c08cc08 (patch) | |
| tree | a0f9da590f7a40f4af8b818f26241fa973fa4e97 /.gitattributes | |
| parent | 03b3f0c5345e4ddc4cdfad050e9b28e79ffa6721 (diff) | |
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build: Automatically parse version from tag
The build will now parse tags so the git tag is now the single source
of truth for a version. We do not need to manually maintain the
version header.
The VERSION file uses git's export-subst feature. When git archive
creates a snapshot (e.g. cgit), git substitutes the $Format:...$
placeholder with the output of git describe, embedding the version
string directly in the archive. This requires the export-subst
attribute to be set for the VERSION file in the repository's
.gitattributes.
The version is resolved in the following order:
- git describe (inside a git repository with tags)
- the VERSION file (archives/snapshots)
- 0.0.0 (fallback)
The build system will warn when it can't set a correct version, such
as in a git repo without tags, or an archive without VERSION.
Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens <dimitri@ouroboros.rocks>
Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders <sander@ouroboros.rocks>
Diffstat (limited to '.gitattributes')
| -rw-r--r-- | .gitattributes | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5f72683f --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +VERSION export-subst |