2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/VersionTag.cmake b/Modules/VersionTag.cmake
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/VersionTag.cmake
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+execute_process(
+  COMMAND "sh" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Modules/describe.sh"
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE DESCRIBE
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+
+if(DESCRIBE STREQUAL "")
+  set (VERSION_TAG "UNKNOWN")
+else()
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^v" "" VERSION_TAG "${DESCRIBE}")
+endif()
+
diff --git a/Modules/describe.sh b/Modules/describe.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..91730b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/describe.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check for git and a git repo.
+if head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
+        echo -n `git describe`
+
+        # Are there uncommitted changes?
+        git update-index --refresh --unmerged > /dev/null
+        git diff-index --quiet HEAD || echo -n -dirty
+else
+# Check for version tag
+        if [ -e version.tag ]; then
+                echo -n `cat version.tag`
+        fi
+fi
+
+echo