Extracting git information in ActionScript

GitUtils.as

package com.soundcloud.utils {
  import flash.utils.ByteArray;

  /**
   * @author Matas Petrikas (SoundCloud) matas@soundcloud.com
   * 
   * extract latest Git revision number for later use in AS3
   * based on SVNUtil class by Apt labs:
   * http://labs.apt.no/2009/11/20/automatically-embedding-a-subversion-revision-number/
   * 
   * Use:
   * public static const VERSION:String = GitUtils.version;
   * or directly trace(GitUtils.version)
   */
  public class GitUtils {
    // note, that you might need to adjust this path, depending on your project folder structure
    [Embed(source="../../../../.git/refs/heads/master", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
    private static var _entriesByteArray : Class;

    public static function get version() : String {
      var entries : String = readEntries(40);
      return entries;
    }

    private static function readEntries(length : uint) : String {
      return (new _entriesByteArray() as ByteArray).readUTFBytes(length);
    }
  }
}