Generate local version identifier only during development

Fixes #10678.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/launch.py b/launch.py
index 20e03a7b7..cc9941e41 100755
--- a/launch.py
+++ b/launch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import subprocess
 from gajim import gajim
+
+try:
+    p = subprocess.Popen('git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD', shell=True,
+                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    node = p.communicate()[0]
+    if node:
+        import gajim as g
+        g.__version__ += '+' + node.decode('utf-8').strip()
+except Exception:
+    pass
+
 gajim.main()