#!/usr/bin/env python import sys, os, subprocess def generate(infile, outfile, fallback): workdir = os.path.split(infile)[0] if workdir == '': workdir = '.' version = fallback try: p = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'describe'], cwd=workdir, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) (stdo, _) = p.communicate() if p.returncode == 0: version = stdo.decode().strip() except: pass with open(infile) as f: newdata = f.read().replace('@VERSION@', version) try: with open(outfile) as f: olddata = f.read() if olddata == newdata: return except: pass with open(outfile, 'w') as f: f.write(newdata) if __name__ == '__main__': infile = sys.argv[1] outfile = sys.argv[2] fallback = sys.argv[3] generate(infile, outfile, fallback)