Git Revision is a simple (45 SLoC) Ruby gem that provides basic information about git source code. You can use it in your apps, for example< 721A /a>, to show deployed version.
Add to Gemfile:
gem 'git-revision'and run:
bundle installGit::Revision.info will return the following hash:
{
:author => "John Smith",
:branch => "master",
:commit_hash => "60619c10baca6f9b4d03253697d43b7cf5d08edf",
:commit_hash_short => "60619c1",
:commit_subject => "release beta version",
:authored_date => "Fri Jun 8 17:55:01 2012 +0500",
:authored_timestamp => "1339160101",
:commit_tag => "4.2.0.beta",
:repo_last_tag => "4.2.0.beta"
}Additionally you can access these methods directly:
Git::Revision.author # returns last commit author
Git::Revision.branch # returns current branch
Git::Revision.commit # returns last commit hash
Git::Revision.commit_short # returns abbreviated last commit hash (7 characters)
Git::Revision.message # returns last commit message subject
Git::Revision.date # returns authored date of last commit
Git::Revision.timestamp # returns authored date of last commit in Unix time
Git::Revision.tag # returns last commit tag if exists
Git::Revision.last_tag # returns last tag in repository if existsReleased under the BSD 2-clause license. See LICENSE.txt for details.