@echo off setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion for /f %%v in ('cd "%~dp0.." ^&^& git status ^>NUL 2^>NUL ^&^& git describe --tags --match "v*" --dirty 2^>NUL') do set version=%%v if not "%version%"=="" set version=!version:~1! && goto :gotversion if exist "%~dp0..\package_version" goto :getversion echo Git cannot be found, nor can package_version. Generating unknown version. set version=unknown goto :gotversion :getversion for /f "delims== tokens=2" %%v in (%~dps0..\package_version) do set version=%%v set version=!version:"=! :gotversion set version=!version: =! set version_out=#define %~2 "%version%" echo %version_out%> "%~1_temp" echo n | comp "%~1_temp" "%~1" > NUL 2> NUL if not errorlevel 1 goto exit copy /y "%~1_temp" "%~1" :exit del "%~1_temp"