gitver For Linux

gitver is an open source, freely distributed, easy-to-use, simple and flexible command-line software that has been designed from the ground up to act as a version string management for Git, based on tags.

In other words, the gitver program is capable of generating Git version strings simply by using a mix between repository information (augmented by user-defined data) and Python-based formatting rules.

Easily adopt versioning schemes

With gitver it’s very easy to adopt versioning schemes like Semantic Versioning. It also keeps version information up-to-date at all times. Sample output, as well as detailed information about how to use this tool is provided on the official homepage.

To install this software on your GNU/Linux operating system, you must first install the Python and Git packages. Download the latest version of gitver from Softpedia, save it on a location of your choice, extract it and open a terminal emulator.

Now, execute the “python setup.py instal” command (without quotes), as root or with sudo, to install gitver system wide and make it avaialble to all users on your Linux system. It is also possible to install it via pip, using the “pip2 install gitver” command, without quotes, of course.

After installation, you can use the gitver command from the terminal emulator or from a console environment, in case your operating system doesn’t have a graphical interface. Various options are available and can be viewed by running the “gitver --help” command (without quotes).

As mentioned, the program is written entirely in the Python programming language, which means that it should work with any distribution of Linux, despite the fact that it has only been tested with a couple of distros. Both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures are supported at this time.