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node-git-version
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This module creates version.js file in current directory containing object with following information:
*tag* - Git tag attached to HEAD (if any)
*hash* - SHA-1 hash of HEAD
*timestamp* - current timestamp
This information is presented as Node.js module and can be used by Node.js app for getting version information
$ npm install -g node-git-version
$ // Go to your repo
$ node-git-version
$ cat version.js
module.exports = {
tag: '1.0.0'
hash: 'e037765'
timestamp: 1425721222
};
FAQs
Node.js application for creating version file of git repository
The npm package node-git-version receives a total of 14 weekly downloads. As such, node-git-version popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that node-git-version demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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