Automatic version-number generation from git describe

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 quirc
 *.o
 .quirc-shadow
+version.h

Makefile

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CFLAGS ?= -Wall
 all: quirc
 
 quirc: quirc.c ttyraw.o ttyraw.h ttyesc.o ttyesc.h irc.o irc.h bits.o bits.h numeric.h version.h
+	./gitversion
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o quirc quirc.c ttyraw.o ttyesc.o irc.o bits.o
 
 ttyraw.o: ttyraw.c ttyraw.h
@@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ irc.o: irc.c irc.h
 bits.o: bits.c bits.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o bits.o -c bits.c
 
+

gitversion

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+VERSION=$(git describe --tags)
+read MAJOR MINOR REVS GIT <<< ${VERSION//[-.]/ }
+
+cat >version.h <<_EOM
+/*
+	quIRC - simple terminal-based IRC client
+	Copyright (C) 2010 Edward Cree
+
+	See quirc.c for license information
+	version.h: contains version number (generated from git describe)
+*/
+#pragma once
+#define VERSION_MAJ $MAJOR // Major version
+#define VERSION_MIN $MINOR // Minor version
+#define VERSION_REV $REVS // Revision number
+#define VERSION_TXT "$GIT" // Rest of git describe
+_EOM