I want to use "git describe" to get the "revision number" of the application. Unfortunately, the git repository was created using cvs-import and has an ugly old tag, so I would like to change it.
How can I change the tag given when using "git describe"?
Note: I asked this on IRC today and found the answer myself in the end. Thought it might be useful to others too. :)
#create a new anotated tag because by default git describes only looks for those
git tag -a NEWTAG
#push the new tags to the remote repository
git push --tags
cf: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-describe.html
This may also be of interest to you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/852437/how-can-i-pass-the-output-of-a-command-as-a-compiler-flag-through-a-qt-project-fi