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@@ -22,13 +22,20 @@ following format:
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   minor:     0
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   patch:     1
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   milestone: 4
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-  build:     svn
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+  build:     git-revcount
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 If the milestone or patch fields are less than 0 then they will not show up
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-in the version string. The build field can be a build number or the string
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-svn. If it is a number then that number will be used as the build number, if it
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-is the string 'svn' then the plugin will attempt to query Subversion for the 
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-build number.
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+in the version string. The build field can be a build number or one of the
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+following strings: svn, git-hash or git-revcount. If it is a number then that
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+number will be used as the build number, if it is one of the special strings
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+then the plugin will attempt to query the source control system for the build
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+number.
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+
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+Using 'svn' for the build number will cause the plugin to query Subversion for
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+the current revision number. Since Git doesn't have a numbered revision we have
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+to fake it. 'git-revcount' will count the number of commits to the repository
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+and use that as the build number whereas 'git-hash' will use the first 6 digits
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+of the current HEAD's hash.
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 The plugin creates a constant APP_VERSION that contains the version number of
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 the application. Calling the +to_s+ method on APP_VERSION will result in a