Git SHA-1 Demo

There are several way in which a Java project can publish its current Git SHA1:

• As an entry in the manifest file
• As a property in a properties file
• As a Java method call
• As a specific resource in a web service
• As a part of the DOM (e.g. as a html comment in the index.html file) in a web project

For more information, read the blog post at [http://blog.jayway.com/2012/04/07/continuous-deployment-versioning-and-git/] (http://blog.jayway.com/2012/04/07/continuous-deployment-versioning-and-git/)

Getting started

Open a terminal and execute the following steps:

1. Clone the project

    git clone git://github.com/matsev/git-build-number.git
   

2. Change directory

    cd git-build-number
   

3. Execute the project as a web app

    mvn jetty:run-war
   

4. Browse to http://localhost:8080/