Use git revision as app version

better for daily builds

build-aux/meson/revision.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# forked from https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/lollypop/-/blob/master/bin/revision.sh
+VERSION="@VERSION@"
+if [[ $VERSION != "@VERSION@" ]]
+then
+	echo $VERSION
+else
+	git describe --tags | sed 's/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
+fi

src/blanket.in

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import locale
 import gettext
 
 VERSION = '@VERSION@'
+REVISION = '@REVISION@'
 pkgdatadir = '@pkgdatadir@'
 localedir = '@localedir@'
 
@@ -45,4 +46,4 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     resource._register()
 
     from blanket import main
-    sys.exit(main.main(VERSION))
+    sys.exit(main.main(REVISION))

src/meson.build

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 pkgdatadir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('datadir'), meson.project_name())
 moduledir = join_paths(pkgdatadir, 'blanket')
+revision = run_command('../build-aux/meson/revision.sh').stdout().strip()
+if revision == ''
+  revision=meson.project_version()
+endif
+
 
 python = import('python')
 
 conf = configuration_data()
 conf.set('PYTHON', python.find_installation('python3').path())
 conf.set('VERSION', meson.project_version())
+conf.set('REVISION', revision)
 conf.set('localedir', join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('localedir')))
 conf.set('pkgdatadir', pkgdatadir)