Hugo • 12/16/2024

Injecting project versions into builds

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This article provides a detailed technical tutorial on automatically injecting a project's version string into application binaries. It explains how to use git's export-subst feature for source tarballs and git-describe for builds from a full repository checkout, using a Rust build script as a practical example. The method ensures consistent version reporting (e.g., for --version flags) across different build environments.

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