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Add version and commit information into a global property

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>>(),