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How to get revision number from Mercurial repository and paste it to NetBeans resource bundle?

I have a java project in NetBeans and im using Mercurial for version controlling. I want to see my project version number in about box and i want it to be updated according to Mercurial revision number. Any ideas how to do it? :)

Solution

  • Following 'Version numbering for auto builds with Mercurial', you can record in a VERSION.TXT file (that you about dialog would display) the result of:

    hg log -r . --template '{latesttag}-{latesttagdistance}-{node|short}'

    Lazy Badger comments:

    log will be a lot better (and correct) with:

    hg log -r tip --template "{latesttag}.{latesttagdistance}"

    You have more options in "How good is my method of embedding version numbers into my application using Mercurial hooks?"

    version_gen.sh with:

     hg parent --template "r{node|short}_{date|shortdate}" > version.num

    In the makefile, make sure version_gen.sh is run before version.num is used to set the version parameter.