* lisp/version.el (emacs-bzr-get-version): New function.
* lisp/loadup.el (emacs-bzr-version): Set it.
* lisp/mail/emacsbug.el (report-emacs-bug): Include bzr version.
* etc/NEWS: Mention this, though it is not really relevant to releases.
Insert template for 24.2 release.
Fixes: debbugs:8054
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+
+\f
+* Installation Changes in Emacs 24.2
+\f
+* Startup Changes in Emacs 24.2
+\f
+* Changes in Emacs 24.2
+
+** If your Emacs was built from a bzr checkout, the new variable
+`emacs-bzr-version' contains information about which bzr revision was used.
+
+\f
+* Editing Changes in Emacs 24.2
+\f
+* Changes in Specialized Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.2
+\f
+* New Modes and Packages in Emacs 24.2
+\f
+* Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.2
+\f
+* Lisp changes in Emacs 24.2
\f
* Changes in Emacs 24.2 on non-free operating systems
+2012-04-07 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * version.el (emacs-bzr-get-version): New function.
+ * loadup.el (emacs-bzr-version): Set it. (Bug#8054)
+ * mail/emacsbug.el (report-emacs-bug): Include bzr version.
+
2012-04-07 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* international/uni-bidi.el:
(versions (mapcar (function (lambda (name)
(string-to-number (substring name (length base)))))
files)))
+ (setq emacs-bzr-version (condition-case nil (emacs-bzr-get-version)
+ (error nil)))
;; `emacs-version' is a constant, so we shouldn't change it with `setq'.
(defconst emacs-version
(format "%s.%d"
(add-text-properties (1+ user-point) (point) prompt-properties)
(insert "\n\nIn " (emacs-version) "\n")
+ (if (stringp emacs-bzr-version)
+ (insert "Bzr revision: " emacs-bzr-version "\n"))
(if (fboundp 'x-server-vendor)
(condition-case nil
;; This is used not only for X11 but also W32 and others.
;; We hope that this alias is easier for people to find.
(defalias 'version 'emacs-version)
+;; Set during dumping, this is a defvar so that it can be setq'd.
+(defvar emacs-bzr-version nil "\
+String giving the bzr revision number from which this Emacs was built.
+This is nil if Emacs was not built from a bzr checkout, or if we could
+not determine the revision.")
+
+(defun emacs-bzr-get-version () "\
+Try to return as a string the bzr revision number of the Emacs sources.
+Returns nil if the sources do not seem to be under bzr, or if we could
+not determine the revision. Note that this reports on the current state
+of the sources, which may not correspond to the running Emacs."
+ (let ((file (expand-file-name ".bzr/branch/last-revision" source-directory)))
+ (if (file-readable-p file)
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (insert-file-contents file)
+ (goto-char (point-max))
+ (if (looking-back "\n")
+ (delete-char -1))
+ (buffer-string)))))
+
;; We put version info into the executable in the form that `ident' uses.
(or (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
(purecopy (concat "\n$Id: " (subst-char-in-string ?\n ?\s (emacs-version))