gistfile1.sh

# From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4120001/what-is-the-git-equivalent-for-revision-number

# $ git_rev
# 2:0f8e14e:20130220
#
# commit_count:last_abbrev_commit:date_YYmmdd
#
git_rev ()
{
    d=`date +%Y%m%d`
    c=`git rev-list --full-history --all --abbrev-commit | wc -l | sed -e 's/^ *//'`
    h=`git rev-list --full-history --all --abbrev-commit | head -1`
    echo ${c}:${h}:${d}
}