gistfile1.rb

def get_commit_hash_and_date
  begin
		commit = `git log -1 --pretty=format:%H`
		git_date = `git log -1 --date=iso --pretty=format:%ad`
		branch =  `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
		commit_date = DateTime.parse( git_date ).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H%M%S")
	rescue
		commit = ENV["BUILD_VCS_NUMBER"]
	end

	[commit, commit_date, branch]
end