BIND 10 #1776: git repository should set version to something

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#1776: git repository should set version to something
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            Reporter:  shane         |                        Owner:  jreed
                Type:  task          |                       Status:  new
            Priority:  medium        |                    Milestone:  Non-
           Component:  build system  |  Development-2012Q1
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         Sub-Project:  Core          |              Defect Severity:  N/A
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 Jeremy proposed that we should set the version string in our software to
 something. Right now it is whatever the last release was, or sometimes
 updated since then, but it is not helpful and sometimes misleading. Some
 notes are available in our
 [wiki:WeeklyMinutes20120313#Versioninthemasterconfigure.acJeremy5minutes
 meeting minutes].

 Ideally we would set the version string to something like:

 git-259eea4da2d634ee7cbf28eb34ac076d2a8ed50d

 We would need a way to override this on our release branches, of course.

 If we cannot do that, then possibly using just "git" or "master" as the
 version identifier is okay.

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