version info for django projects with git

urls.py

#add this to your urls file
url(r'^version/$', 'api.views.code_version', name='code_version'),

views.py

#add this view to your views.py file
def code_version(request):
    """
    :param request: django request
    :return: returns total commit counts as version
    """
    try:
        commit_count = int(
            subprocess.Popen("git rev-list HEAD --count",
                             shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.read())
        return HttpResponse("v%s" % commit_count)
    except:
        return HttpResponse("None")