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git-update-infoplist is a small utility that allows you to embed Git’s commit ID in your project’s Info.plist (or any other plist file).

git-update-infoplist accepts two arguments - a path to the Git repository followed by a path to the plist to which the commit ID will be written. It’ll then try to locate git-log¹, and use it to get the commit ID of the repository’s head. The commit ID is then written back to the plist² so you can use it at later in your app.

¹ The git-log executable is searched in the standard path and in /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/sbin, /opt/local/bin and /opt/local/sbin. If git-log is installed in another directory, use the GIT_LOG_PATH environment variable to point git-update-infoplist to it.

² The default key for the commit ID is DPGitCommit. You can customize it by setting the COMMIT_KEY_NAME environment variable to your custom key.

Download a compiled universal binary or take a look at the code.

Changelog

• v0.3
  • We now check the contents of the repository directory for a git repo layout.
  • The passed paths are now standardized before using.
  • Paths relative to the current directory are now valid.
  • Added -[NSString absolutePath].
  • Added +[NSTask fullPathToExecutable:additionalSearchPaths:].
  • A help is now displayed if no arguments are available, or if ‘-h’ or ‘–help’ were passed.
• v0.2
  • Rewrote +[NSTask fullPathToExecutable:] with pure Cocoa.
  • Added custom executable paths.
• v0.1
  • Initial release