From f0b3d3d01d32645ec439a28a0a5c15d7a4aa156f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Geoffrey D. Bennett" <g@b4.vu>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 03:19:01 +1030
Subject: [PATCH] Don't hardcode the version number in the about dialog

Update the Makefile to use git describe to get the version number and
define that as a macro that about.c can use.
---
 src/Makefile | 2 ++
 src/about.c  | 3 +--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 614248b..992d6c3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 # Credit to Tom Tromey and Paul D. Smith:
 # http://make.mad-scientist.net/papers/advanced-auto-dependency-generation/
 
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --abbrev=4 --dirty --always --tags)
 DEPDIR := .deps
 DEPFLAGS = -MT $@ -MMD -MP -MF $(DEPDIR)/$*.d
 
 CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -ggdb -fno-omit-frame-pointer -O2 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
+CFLAGS += -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 
 PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
 
diff --git a/src/about.c b/src/about.c
index 11aee07..17d2b61 100644
--- a/src/about.c
+++ b/src/about.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ void activate_about(
   gtk_show_about_dialog(
     w,
     "program-name", "ALSA Scarlett Gen 2/3 Control Panel",
-    "version", "Version 0.1",
+    "version", "Version " VERSION,
     "comments", "GTK4 interface to the ALSA Scarlett Gen 2/3 Mixer controls",
     "website", "https://github.com/geoffreybennett/alsa-scarlett-gui",
     "copyright", "Copyright 2022 Geoffrey D. Bennett",
@@ -29,4 +29,3 @@ void activate_about(
     NULL
   );
 }
-