Add git branch and commit hash to version string

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -140,6 +140,47 @@ message(STATUS "TransferBench version: ${VERSION_STRING}")
 
 project(TransferBench VERSION ${VERSION_STRING} LANGUAGES CXX)
 
+# Git metadata: branch + short commit hash
+# Priority: git rev-parse > GIT_VERSION file (populated by packaging scripts) > "unknown"
+if(GIT_FOUND)
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE TB_GIT_BRANCH
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE ERROR_QUIET
+    RESULT_VARIABLE _tb_git_branch_result
+  )
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse --short HEAD
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE TB_GIT_COMMIT
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE ERROR_QUIET
+    RESULT_VARIABLE _tb_git_commit_result
+  )
+endif()
+if(NOT TB_GIT_BRANCH OR TB_GIT_BRANCH STREQUAL "" OR
+   NOT TB_GIT_COMMIT OR TB_GIT_COMMIT STREQUAL "")
+  if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT_VERSION")
+    file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT_VERSION" _tb_version_lines LIMIT_COUNT 2)
+    list(LENGTH _tb_version_lines _tb_version_line_count)
+    if(_tb_version_line_count GREATER 0)
+      list(GET _tb_version_lines 0 TB_GIT_BRANCH)
+    else()
+      set(TB_GIT_BRANCH "unknown")
+    endif()
+    if(_tb_version_line_count GREATER 1)
+      list(GET _tb_version_lines 1 TB_GIT_COMMIT)
+    else()
+      set(TB_GIT_COMMIT "unknown")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    set(TB_GIT_BRANCH "unknown")
+    set(TB_GIT_COMMIT "unknown")
+  endif()
+endif()
+message(STATUS "TransferBench ${VERSION_STRING} (${TB_GIT_BRANCH}:${TB_GIT_COMMIT})")
+
+
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
   message(STATUS "Setting build type to 'Release' as none was specified.")
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
@@ -497,6 +538,11 @@ if(POD_COMM_FOUND)
   target_compile_definitions(TransferBench PRIVATE POD_COMM_ENABLED)
 endif()
 
+target_compile_definitions(TransferBench PRIVATE
+  TB_GIT_BRANCH="${TB_GIT_BRANCH}"
+  TB_GIT_COMMIT="${TB_GIT_COMMIT}"
+)
+
 check_cxx_compiler_flag(-parallel-jobs=12 HAVE_PARALLEL_JOBS)
 if(HAVE_PARALLEL_JOBS)
   message(STATUS "Enabling parallel compile jobs: -parallel-jobs=12")
@@ -635,6 +681,17 @@ if(BUILD_RELOCATABLE_PACKAGE)
   set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME "${_tb_archive_name}")
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${_tb_archive_name}")
 
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.20")
+    configure_file(
+      cmake/WriteGitVersion.cmake.in
+      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/WriteGitVersion.cmake
+      @ONLY
+    )
+    set(CPACK_PRE_BUILD_SCRIPTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/WriteGitVersion.cmake")
+  elseif(NOT TB_GIT_BRANCH STREQUAL "unknown")
+    file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT_VERSION" "${TB_GIT_BRANCH}\n${TB_GIT_COMMIT}\n")
+  endif()
+
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR "DEB;RPM;TGZ")
   include(CPack)
 else()
@@ -650,6 +707,17 @@ else()
   set(PACKAGE_NAME TB)
   set(LIBRARY_NAME TransferBench)
 
+  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.20")
+    configure_file(
+      cmake/WriteGitVersion.cmake.in
+      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/WriteGitVersion.cmake
+      @ONLY
+    )
+    set(CPACK_PRE_BUILD_SCRIPTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/WriteGitVersion.cmake")
+  elseif(NOT TB_GIT_BRANCH STREQUAL "unknown")
+    file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GIT_VERSION" "${TB_GIT_BRANCH}\n${TB_GIT_COMMIT}\n")
+  endif()
+
   rocm_create_package(
     NAME ${LIBRARY_NAME}
     DESCRIPTION "TransferBench package"

GIT_VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+unknown
+unknown

Makefile

@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ ifeq ($(filter clean,$(MAKECMDGOALS)),)
       endif
     endif
   endif
+
+# Git metadata (branch + short commit hash)
+# Priority: git rev-parse > GIT_VERSION file (populated by packaging scripts) > "unknown"
+_TB_DIR       := $(dir $(abspath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
+TB_GIT_BRANCH := $(shell git -C "$(_TB_DIR)" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || sed -n '1p' "$(_TB_DIR)GIT_VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+TB_GIT_COMMIT := $(shell git -C "$(_TB_DIR)" rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || sed -n '2p' "$(_TB_DIR)GIT_VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)
+COMMON_FLAGS  += -DTB_GIT_BRANCH='"$(TB_GIT_BRANCH)"' -DTB_GIT_COMMIT='"$(TB_GIT_COMMIT)"'
 endif
 
 .PHONY : all clean

cmake/WriteGitVersion.cmake.in

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Generated by CMakeLists.txt at configure time — do not edit.
+# CPack runs this via CPACK_PRE_BUILD_SCRIPTS before creating the package,
+# so source tarballs built without .git still carry the correct version info.
+file(WRITE "@CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@/GIT_VERSION" "@TB_GIT_BRANCH@\n@TB_GIT_COMMIT@\n")

src/client/Client.cpp

@@ -253,7 +253,13 @@ void DisplayVersion()
   case COMM_MPI:    multiNodeMode = " (Multi-node via MPI)";     break;
   }
 
-  Print("TransferBench v%s.%s%s%s\n", VERSION, CLIENT_VERSION, support.c_str(), multiNodeMode.c_str());
+#ifndef TB_GIT_BRANCH
+#define TB_GIT_BRANCH "unknown"
+#endif
+#ifndef TB_GIT_COMMIT
+#define TB_GIT_COMMIT "unknown"
+#endif
+  Print("TransferBench v%s.%s (%s:%s)%s%s\n", VERSION, CLIENT_VERSION, TB_GIT_BRANCH, TB_GIT_COMMIT, support.c_str(), multiNodeMode.c_str());
   Print("=============================================================================================================\n");
 }