cargo install date-version
Point to a git repo that reports 4.1.0-2-g0ebd049 from git describe.
date-version path/to/repo --date
returns: 4.7707.0, or major.days.0. Days is number of days since 2000.01.01.
date-version path/to/repo --date-split
returns: 4.30.2, or major.days1.days2. Days is split into two u8 to overwrite minor and patch.
date-version path/to/repo --date --drop-patch --revisions
returns: 4.7707.2, or major.days.commitsSinceTag. Patch is dropped, commits since last tag is added on.
``` Date Version 0.1.0 Conor Patrick conor@solokeys.com Generate a version string that is based on the latest tag in a git repo and it's creation date. Because usually users just want to know how recent a version is.
USAGE: date-version [FLAGS] [PATH]
FLAGS: --date Output version as major.days.0 (u16.u16.0), where major is from the last tag in the git repo, and days is number of days since 2000.01.01. --date-split Output version as major.days1.days2 (u16.u8.u8), where major is from the last tag in the git repo, and ((days1 << 8) | days2) is number of days since 2000.01.01. --drop-major Drop the major from the output. --drop-minor Drop the minor from the output. --drop-patch Drop the patch from the output. --enforce-u8 Fail if any version component does not fit in a u8. -h, --help Prints help information. Use --help for more details. --revisions add .revisions (.u16) to the end of the output, where revisions is number of commits since last tag. --revisions-prerelease add -revisions (-u16) to the end of the output, where revisions is number of commits since last tag. -V, --version Prints version information
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