Properly persist git hash on each build (#1391)

Properly persist git hash on each build

Rebuild `git_hash.h` only when `.git` folder changes

`add_custom_target()` always considers its target out-of-date which
leads to rebuilding of `git_hash.h` on every build (which is
ironically what we wanted) and consequently rebuilding of
build_options.c and relinking of c3c even when no changes are made,
which is mildly annoying.

We are replacing `add_custom_target()` with `add_custom_command()`
which depends on `.git`, so `git_hash.h` is only rebuilt if any git
commands are performed. Which is less annoying.

In case of no `.git` we simply do not depend on it which leads to
`git_hash.h` being rebuilt only once.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -101,19 +101,6 @@ if(C3_USE_TB AND GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
-    # Get git hash
-    execute_process(COMMAND git rev-parse HEAD
-            OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_HASH
-            RESULT_VARIABLE GIT_REVPARSE_RESULT
-            OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
-    if(GIT_REVPARSE_RESULT EQUAL "0")
-        add_compile_definitions(GIT_HASH="${GIT_HASH}")
-    else()
-        message(WARNING "Cannot to get Git Hash: git rev-parse failed with ${GIT_REVPARSE_RESULT}")
-    endif()
-endif()
-
 if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     if (C3_LLVM_VERSION STREQUAL "auto")
         set(C3_LLVM_VERSION "18")
@@ -349,8 +336,21 @@ add_executable(c3c
         src/utils/time.c
         src/utils/http.c
         src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
-        src/build/common_build.c)
+        src/build/common_build.c
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_hash.h)
 
+if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
+    # We are inside of a git repository so rebuilding the hash every time something changes.
+    add_custom_command(
+            OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_hash.h
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/git_hash.cmake"
+            DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.git")
+else()
+    # We are NOT inside of a git repository. Building the has only once.
+    add_custom_command(
+            OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_hash.h
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/git_hash.cmake")
+endif()
 
 if (C3_USE_TB)
     file(GLOB tilde-sources
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ endif()
 
 target_include_directories(c3c PRIVATE
         "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/"
-        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wrapper/include/")
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wrapper/include/"
+        "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 
 target_include_directories(c3c_wrappers PRIVATE

git_hash.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+find_package(Git QUIET)
+
+set(GIT_HASH "unknown")
+
+if(GIT_FOUND AND EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/.git")
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} rev-parse HEAD
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_HASH
+                    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+                    COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY)
+endif()
+
+message("Git Hash: ${GIT_HASH}")
+
+file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git_hash.h "#pragma once\n#define GIT_HASH \"${GIT_HASH}\"\n")

src/build/build_options.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "../utils/whereami.h"
 #include "build.h"
 #include "build_internal.h"
+#include "git_hash.h"
 
 extern int llvm_version_major;
 bool silence_deprecation;
@@ -482,9 +483,7 @@ static void print_version(void)
 	PRINTF("C3 Compiler Version:       %s", COMPILER_VERSION);
 #endif
 	PRINTF("Installed directory:       %s", find_executable_path());
-#ifdef GIT_HASH
 	PRINTF("Git Hash:                  %s", GIT_HASH);
-#endif
 	PRINTF("LLVM version:              %s", llvm_version);
 	PRINTF("LLVM default target:       %s", llvm_target);
 }