* use git describe to create a revision.inc if a .git dir is found

compiler/Makefile

@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ endif
 NOCPUDEF=1
 MSGFILE=msg/error$(FPCLANG).msg
 SVNVERSION:=$(firstword $(wildcard $(addsuffix /svnversion$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH))))
+GIT:=$(firstword $(wildcard $(addsuffix /git$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH))))
 PPUDUMPPROG:=$(firstword $(strip $(wildcard $(addsuffix /ppudump$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH)))))
 ifndef PPUDUMP
 ifdef PPUDUMPPROG
@@ -570,6 +571,15 @@ REVINC:=$(wildcard revision.inc)
 ifneq ($(REVINC),)
 override LOCALOPT+=-dREVINC
 ifeq ($(REVSTR),)
+ifneq ($(wildcard ../.git),)
+ifneq ($(GIT),)
+GITDESCRIBE=$(shell $(GIT) describe --dirty)
+REVSTR:=$(word 2,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE)))-$(word 3,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE)))
+ifneq ($(word 4,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE))),)
+REVSTR:=$(REVSTR)-$(word 4,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE)))
+endif
+export REVSTR
+else
 ifneq ($(SVNVERSION),)
 REVSTR:=$(subst r,,$(subst r1:,,r$(subst exported,,$(shell $(SVNVERSION) -c .))))
 export REVSTR
@@ -581,6 +591,8 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 endif
+endif
+endif
 override LOCALOPT+=-d$(CPC_TARGET) -dGDB
 ifdef LLVM
 ifeq ($(findstring $(PPC_TARGET),x86_64 aarch64 arm),)

compiler/Makefile.fpc

@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ MSGFILE=msg/error$(FPCLANG).msg
 
 
 SVNVERSION:=$(firstword $(wildcard $(addsuffix /svnversion$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH))))
+GIT:=$(firstword $(wildcard $(addsuffix /git$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH))))
 PPUDUMPPROG:=$(firstword $(strip $(wildcard $(addsuffix /ppudump$(SRCEXEEXT),$(SEARCHPATH)))))
 ifndef PPUDUMP
 ifdef PPUDUMPPROG
@@ -310,6 +311,15 @@ override LOCALOPT+=-dREVINC
 # Automatically update revision.inc if
 # svnversion executable is available
 ifeq ($(REVSTR),)
+ifneq ($(wildcard ../.git),)
+ifneq ($(GIT),)
+GITDESCRIBE=$(shell $(GIT) describe --dirty)
+REVSTR:=$(word 2,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE)))-$(word 3,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE)))
+ifneq ($(word 4,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE))),)
+REVSTR:=$(REVSTR)-$(word 4,$(subst -, ,$(GITDESCRIBE)))
+endif
+export REVSTR
+else
 ifneq ($(SVNVERSION),)
 REVSTR:=$(subst r,,$(subst r1:,,r$(subst exported,,$(shell $(SVNVERSION) -c .))))
 export REVSTR
@@ -321,6 +331,8 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 endif
+endif
+endif
 
 # set correct defines (-d$(CPU_TARGET) is automatically added in makefile.fpc)
 override LOCALOPT+=-d$(CPC_TARGET) -dGDB