module which can create git_info.h at build time

modules/git_info/git_info.cmake

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+#.rst:
+#
+# Creates git_info.h in the build directory.
+# This file can be included in sources to print
+# Git repository version and status information
+# to the program output.
+
+add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/git_info.h
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -D_target_dir=${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} -P git_info_sub.cmake
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
+    )
+
+add_custom_target(
+    check
+    ALL DEPENDS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/git_info.h
+    )

modules/git_info/git_info.h.in

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+#ifndef GIT_INFO_H_INCLUDED
+#define GIT_INFO_H_INCLUDED
+
+#define GIT_COMMIT_HASH "@_git_last_commit_hash@"
+#define GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR "@_git_last_commit_author@"
+#define GIT_COMMIT_DATE "@_git_last_commit_date@"
+#define GIT_BRANCH "@_git_branch@"
+
+#endif /* GIT_INFO_H_INCLUDED */

modules/git_info/git_info_sub.cmake

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+#.rst:
+#
+# Creates git_info.h in the build directory.
+# This file can be included in sources to print
+# Git status information to the program output
+# for reproducibility reasons.
+
+find_package(Git)
+
+set(_git_last_commit_hash "unknown")
+set(_git_last_commit_author "unknown")
+set(_git_last_commit_date "unknown")
+set(_git_branch "unknown")
+
+if(GIT_FOUND)
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-list --max-count=1 --abbrev-commit HEAD
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_last_commit_hash
+        ERROR_QUIET
+        )
+
+    if(_git_last_commit_hash)
+        string(STRIP ${_git_last_commit_hash} _git_last_commit_hash)
+    endif()
+
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log --max-count=1 HEAD
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_last_commit
+        ERROR_QUIET
+        )
+
+    if(_git_last_commit)
+        string(REGEX MATCH "Author:[ ]*(.+)<" temp "${_git_last_commit}")
+        set(_git_last_commit_author ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+        string(STRIP ${_git_last_commit_author} _git_last_commit_author)
+        string(REGEX MATCH "Date:[ ]*(.+(\\+|-)[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])" temp "${_git_last_commit}")
+        set(_git_last_commit_date ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+    endif()
+
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _git_branch
+        ERROR_QUIET
+        )
+    string(STRIP ${_git_branch} _git_branch)
+endif()
+
+configure_file(
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/git_info.h.in
+    ${_target_dir}/git_info.h
+    @ONLY
+    )
+
+unset(_git_last_commit_hash)
+unset(_git_last_commit_author)
+unset(_git_last_commit_date)
+unset(_git_branch)