Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@xxxxxx> writes: > How do I embed a hash, tag or branch name into source code managed by > git? > > I've tried searching the net, git manuals etc but haven't found a > replacement for the old '$Id: $' strings from svn. What I need is a way to > map compiled binaries and flash images to git tree heads, tags and > branches. You can embed SHA-1 of a _file contents_ (blob) using '$Id: $' keyword with `ident` attribute - see gitattributes manpage. The correct solution of embedding version number is to do it at _build time_, using e.g. script similar to GIT-VERSION-GEN used by Git itself and by Linux kernel. It helps if you tag your releases. If you really, really, really need it, you can embed tag or branch name into source code using `filter` attribute and custom clean/smudge filters to do keyword un-expansion and keyword expansion. But please think twice about what you want to achive with keyword expansion, and whether keyword expansion is a best solution... -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html