Re: show git SHA1 in output of `lilypond --version'

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> It would make life a bit easier for testers who are directly
>> compiling from git if the SHA1 number (perhaps the first eight
>> digits only) could be shown in the output of
>> 
>>   lilypond --version
>> 
>> Any chance to add this?
> 
> The common way is to do something like "$(shell git describe)" in
> the Makefile.  This will add slightly more than just the short
> commit name; it will also include the name of the closest tag.

Yeah.  I can imagine that autogen.sh script handles this – for regular
tarballs this isn't necessary.

John?


    Werner