How to get the version (hash) of a C++ project (MC VS 2015) from git?

Question

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How to get the GIT project version (hash) into a C++ variable?
Visual Studio 2015, C++ are used.
Or how to implement version iteration associated with git hashes.
Or how is it implemented ( numbers for build **** )?

Answer 1

The "before build" event launches PowerShell in which we get the hash "git log --pretty=format:"%h" -1" and rewrite it in version.h.

Answer 2

Self-written shell scripts and `git describe`