Re: [EXT] Re: [edk2-devel] Printing git commit in build

["Udit Kumar" <udit.kumar@nxp.com>]

Thanks Laszlo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2019 1:55 PM
> To: devel@edk2.groups.io; Udit Kumar <udit.kumar@nxp.com>
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [edk2-devel] Printing git commit in build
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> On 06/06/19 07:38, Udit Kumar wrote:
> > Dear Community,
> >
> > I like to print git commit id, which printing UEFI firmware build information.
> > Could you help, how I can collect ' git describe' information in C file.
> 
> I think you should be able to do this in the PREBUILD hook in the DSC file.
> (Run "git describe" in a script for generating a simple C source file.)
> 
> 
> Another option would be to introduce a PCD in your platform package DEC
> file, with datum type (VOID*) and access method FixedAtBuild. For example:
> 
> [PcdsFixedAtBuild]
>   gMyPlatformPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdBuildIdentifier|""|VOID*|<token>
> 
> and when you build your platform DSC, you could pass the following option
> to the "build" utility:
> 
>   --pcd=gMyPlatformPkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdBuildIdentifier="$(git
> describe)"
> 
> Thanks
> Laszlo