feat: include version in built executable

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -48,3 +48,22 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vert.glsl
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/vert.glsl COPYONLY)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/frag.glsl
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/frag.glsl COPYONLY)
+
+# Append Git version to built executable after it has been built
+find_package(Git)
+if (GIT_FOUND)
+    if (WIN32)
+        set(TARGET_EXTENSION ".exe")
+    elseif(UNIX)
+        set(TARGET_EXTENSION "")
+    endif()
+    add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+            -DTARGET_DIR=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>
+            -DPROJECT_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}
+            -DTARGET_EXTENSION=${TARGET_EXTENSION}
+            -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/add_git_version_to_executable.cmake
+    )
+else()
+    message("Git not found - will not rename the exectuable.")
+endif()

add_git_version_to_executable.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.27)
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
+
+# Original path to the target executable
+set(TARGET_PATH ${TARGET_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+# The name of the target we're renaming
+set(TARGET "${TARGET_PATH}${TARGET_EXTENSION}")
+
+# The command to get the version string from Git
+find_package(Git REQUIRED)
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --always --dirty
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_VERSION
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+
+if (NOT GIT_VERSION)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not get the Git version")
+else()
+
+    # New path containing the Git version
+    set(VERSIONED_PATH ${TARGET_PATH}-${GIT_VERSION})
+
+    # Rename the target to include the version string
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename ${TARGET} "${VERSIONED_PATH}${TARGET_EXTENSION}"
+    )
+
+    # Rename program database file created by VS
+    if (EXISTS ${TARGET_PATH}.pdb)
+        file(RENAME "${TARGET_PATH}.pdb" "${VERSIONED_PATH}.pdb")
+    endif()
+endif()
+