Re: Any simple way to set/get global revision number?

On 12/8/2009 2:43 PM, Leyendecker, Robert wrote:
> Say I have a c file called version.h and in this file is a macro to
> build a version string using $HeadURL$ and $Revision$. When a user runs
> the program this information is printed into the log file to help
> isolate problems to specific versions that change on daily basis.
> Is there a way to set a property so that this version.h file is
> automatically checked out whenever an update is made to the directory
> even if the version.h file is not touched? Or conversely, is there a way
> to have it automatically checked in as a changed file whenever a commit
> is done on any other file in the directory?
> I’m trying to avoid having to manually run/maintain external scripts or
> programs like svnversion to scrape/touch/alter version files and force
> changes since the src files may be ported to different systems and I
> want the svn info embedded into a single version file.
> Am I out of luck for an easy solution?

Looks like you need to build the version.h file on the fly as part of
your build process.

Found a bunch of links on StackOverflow...

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/151299/embedding-svn-revision-number-at-compile-time-in-a-windows-app

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/145449/easy-way-to-embed-svn-revision-number-in-page-in-php-closed

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/111436/how-can-i-get-the-svn-revision-number-in-php

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Received on 2009-12-09 05:13:53 CET