Dynamically creates a version number

build.xml

@@ -10,6 +10,30 @@
 <project name="ESPSFlashTool" default="default" basedir=".">
     <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project ESPSFlashTool.</description>
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
+
+    <target name="-pre-compile">
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="build.date" pattern="yyyyMMdd" />
+        </tstamp>
+
+        <exec executable="git" outputproperty="git.revision">
+            <arg value="log" />
+            <arg value="-1" />
+            <arg value="--pretty=format:%h" />
+        </exec>
+
+        <property name="application.version"  value="${build.date}-${git.revision}"/>
+
+        <manifest file="MANIFEST.MF">
+            <attribute name="Version" value="${application.version}" />
+        </manifest>
+
+        <propertyfile file="src/com/forkineye/espsflashtool/espsflashtool.properties">
+            <entry key="build.date" value="${build.date}" />
+            <entry key="git.revision" value="${git.revision}" />
+            <entry key="application.version" value="${application.version}" />
+        </propertyfile>
+    </target>
 
     <!-- Copy data contents to dist =-->
     <target name="-post-compile">

src/com/forkineye/espsflashtool/ESPSFlashToolUI.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ public class ESPSFlashToolUI extends javax.swing.JFrame
 
     private SerialPort lastPort;
 
+    private Properties properties = new Properties();
+
     /**
      * Creates new form ESPSFlashToolUI
      */
@@ -66,6 +69,13 @@ public void init()
         } catch( Exception ex ) {
             System.err.println( "Failed to initialize LaF" );
         }
+
+        try {
+            properties.load( Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream( "com/forkineye/espsflashtool/espsflashtool.properties" ) );
+            System.out.println("     Version: " + properties.get( "application.version" ) );
+        } catch( Exception ex ) {
+            System.err.println( "Failed to load properties" );
+        }
 
         // Netbeans init routine
         initComponents();
@@ -375,7 +385,7 @@ private void initComponents() {
         );
 
         setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
-        setTitle("ESPixelStick Flash Tool");
+        setTitle("ESPixelStick Flash Tool - " + properties.get( "application.version" ) );
         setIconImage(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(ESPSFlashToolUI.class.getResource("Forkineye-icon32.png")));
 
         lblRelease.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Tahoma", 1, 12)); // NOI18N
@@ -876,6 +886,7 @@ private void jButtonSaveLogsActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)//GEN
             File LogFilePath = LogFileChooser.getSelectedFile();
             try ( FileWriter LogFileWriter = new FileWriter(LogFilePath, false))
             {
+                LogFileWriter.write("ESPSFlashTool Version: " + properties.get( "application.version" ) + "\n\n" );
                 LogFileWriter.write("System Output: \n\n");
                 LogFileWriter.write(txtSystemOutput.getText());
                 LogFileWriter.write("\n\nSerial Output: \n\n");

src/com/forkineye/espsflashtool/espsflashtool.properties

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#Sun, 05 Feb 2023 08:42:05 -0500
+# Copyright 2023 smore.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+build.date=20230205
+git.revision=efbffab
+application.version=20230205-efbffab