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Add version and commit information into a global property

include/openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #ifndef __OPENSPACE_CORE___OPENSPACEENGINE___H__
 #define __OPENSPACE_CORE___OPENSPACEENGINE___H__
 
+#include <openspace/properties/stringproperty.h>
 #include <openspace/util/keys.h>
 #include <openspace/util/mouse.h>
 
@@ -204,6 +205,11 @@ private:
 
     // Others
     std::unique_ptr<properties::PropertyOwner> _globalPropertyNamespace;
+
+    struct {
+        properties::StringProperty versionString;
+        properties::StringProperty sourceControlInformation;
+    } _versionInformation;
     
     bool _scheduledSceneSwitch;
     std::string _scenePath;

src/engine/openspaceengine.cpp

@@ -112,6 +112,19 @@ namespace {
         std::string sceneName;
         std::string cacheFolder;
     } commandlineArgumentPlaceholders;
+
+
+    static const openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo VersionInfo = {
+        "VersionInfo",
+        "Version Information",
+        "This value contains the full string identifying this OpenSpace Version"
+    };
+
+    static const openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo SourceControlInfo = {
+        "SCMInfo",
+        "Source Control Management Information",
+        "This value contains information from the SCM, such as commit hash and branch"
+    };
 } // namespace
 
 namespace openspace {
@@ -145,6 +158,10 @@ OpenSpaceEngine::OpenSpaceEngine(std::string programName,
     , _scriptScheduler(new scripting::ScriptScheduler)
     , _virtualPropertyManager(new VirtualPropertyManager)
     , _globalPropertyNamespace(new properties::PropertyOwner({ "" }))
+    , _versionInformation{
+        properties::StringProperty(VersionInfo, OPENSPACE_VERSION_STRING_FULL),
+        properties::StringProperty(SourceControlInfo, OPENSPACE_GIT_FULL)
+    }
     , _scheduledSceneSwitch(false)
     , _scenePath("")
     , _runTime(0.0)
@@ -161,6 +178,12 @@ OpenSpaceEngine::OpenSpaceEngine(std::string programName,
     _globalPropertyNamespace->addPropertySubOwner(_parallelConnection.get());
     _globalPropertyNamespace->addPropertySubOwner(_console.get());
 
+
+    _versionInformation.versionString.setReadOnly(true);
+    _globalPropertyNamespace->addProperty(_versionInformation.versionString);
+    _versionInformation.sourceControlInformation.setReadOnly(true);
+    _globalPropertyNamespace->addProperty(_versionInformation.sourceControlInformation);
+
     FactoryManager::initialize();
     FactoryManager::ref().addFactory(
         std::make_unique<ghoul::TemplateFactory<Renderable>>(),

src/rendering/renderengine.cpp

@@ -1331,17 +1331,23 @@ void RenderEngine::renderVersionInformation() {
         OPENSPACE_VERSION_STRING_FULL
     );
 
-    FR::defaultRenderer().render(
-        *_fontInfo,
-        glm::vec2(
-            fontResolution().x - commitBox.boundingBox.x - 10.f,
-            versionBox.boundingBox.y + 5.f
-        ),
-        glm::vec4(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.f),
-        "%s@%s",
-        OPENSPACE_GIT_BRANCH,
-        OPENSPACE_GIT_COMMIT
-    );
+    // If a developer hasn't placed the Git command in the path, this variable will be
+    // empty
+    if (!std::string(OPENSPACE_GIT_COMMIT).empty()) {
+        // We check OPENSPACE_GIT_COMMIT but puse OPENSPACE_GIT_FULL on purpose since
+        // OPENSPACE_GIT_FULL will never be empty (always will contain at least @, but
+        // checking for that is a bit brittle)
+        FR::defaultRenderer().render(
+            *_fontInfo,
+            glm::vec2(
+                fontResolution().x - commitBox.boundingBox.x - 10.f,
+                versionBox.boundingBox.y + 5.f
+            ),
+            glm::vec4(0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.f),
+            "%s",
+            OPENSPACE_GIT_FULL
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 void RenderEngine::renderScreenLog() {

support/cmake/openspace_header.template

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ constexpr const char* OPENSPACE_VERSION_STRING_FULL = "@OPENSPACE_VERSION_MAJOR@
 
 constexpr const char* OPENSPACE_GIT_BRANCH = "@OPENSPACE_GIT_BRANCH@";
 constexpr const char* OPENSPACE_GIT_COMMIT = "@OPENSPACE_GIT_COMMIT@";
+constexpr const char* OPENSPACE_GIT_FULL = "@OPENSPACE_GIT_BRANCH@@@OPENSPACE_GIT_COMMIT@";
 
 } // namespace openspace