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Show git commit hash in `gala --version`
lenemter Apr 11, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into lenemter/show-git-hash-in-ver
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions .github/workflows/main.yml
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Expand Up @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
env:
DESTDIR: out
run: |
git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"
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git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"
git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"

It seems like we use this environment variable in other places. Also this is (slightly) more efficient than a command substitution.

meson build -Ddocumentation=true -Dtests=true
ninja -C build
ninja -C build install
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env:
DESTDIR: out
run: |
git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"
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git config --global --add safe.directory "$(pwd)"
git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"

Same here.

meson build
ninja -C build install

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion config.vala.in
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/*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025-2026 elementary, Inc. (https://elementary.io)
* 2011 Robert Dyer
* 2011 Rico Tzschichholz
*/
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public const string LOCALEDIR = "@LOCALEDIR@";
public const string VERSION = "@VERSION@";
public const string PLUGINDIR = "@PLUGINDIR@";
public const string GIT_HASH = "@GIT_HASH@";
}
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions meson.build
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ conf.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', meson.project_name())
conf.set('LOCALEDIR', locale_dir)
conf.set('PLUGINDIR', plugins_dir)
conf.set('VERSION', meson.project_version())

git = find_program('git', required: false)
git_hash = 'unknown'
if git.found()
git_hash = run_command(['git', 'rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD'], capture : true, check : true).stdout().strip()
endif
conf.set('GIT_HASH', git_hash)

config_header = configure_file (
input: 'config.vala.in',
output: 'config.vala',
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion src/Main.vala
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//
// Copyright (C) 2012 Tom Beckmann, Rico Tzschichholz
// Copyright (C) 2026 elementary, Inc.
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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};

private void print_version () {
stdout.printf ("Gala %s\n", Config.VERSION);
stdout.printf ("Gala %s (%s)\n", Config.VERSION, Config.GIT_HASH);
Meta.exit (Meta.ExitCode.SUCCESS);
}

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