On Tuesday 10 August 2010, Parker Selbert wrote: > Michael Schuerig wrote: > > I'd like to be able to see from generated pages which version of > > the app has generated it. As we're using git and always deploy a > > specific tag, having that tag in the HTML head as a meta tag would > > be suitable. > > > > My current idea goes like this. The layout includes a partial that > > looks like this > > > > <meta name="version" > > > > content="<%= `git describe --tags --always --dirty`.chomp %>"> > > > > When deployed, this file is overwritten with a static one referring > > to the deployed git tag > > > > <meta name="version" content="v1.1.42"> > > [capistrano recipe for writing the version snipped]
> I don't see where security would be an issue here, but reusability > may be. A more generic "VERSION" file that can be loaded and read > from would be available anywhere in your application, and could be > simpler to maintain. You could do it as a plaintext file that just > reads '1.1.42', or namespace it as MyApp::VERSION etc. I didn't explain why I want this version number to begin with. I don't need the version anywhere in the app. The whole point is to identify the version of the app that has generated a page. So, if I get a bug report from a tester or user, I can tell them to attach the offending page to the bug report and from that I can find out what version they were using. Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:[email protected] http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
