alternative approach using version.txt instead of directly calling gi…

…t Alexander Taepper Today 16:27

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -25,6 +25,24 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generators/")
 # (looking for the <lib>-config.cmake files of transitive dependencies of modules, e.g. spdlog->fmt)
 set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generators/")
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Version
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+execute_process(
+        COMMAND cat version.txt
+        OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
+        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+        RESULT_VARIABLE VERSION_AVAILABLE
+)
+if (VERSION_AVAILABLE EQUAL 0)
+    message(STATUS "Version: ${VERSION}")
+    add_compile_definitions(SILO_VERSION="${VERSION}")
+else ()
+    message(STATUS "No version.txt available for setting the version")
+endif()
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Logging
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -47,24 +65,6 @@ find_package(yaml-cpp REQUIRED)
 find_package(zstd REQUIRED)
 find_package(re2 REQUIRED)
 
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Version
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-execute_process(
-        COMMAND cat version.txt
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE VERSION
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
-        OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-        RESULT_VARIABLE VERSION_AVAILABLE
-)
-if (VERSION_AVAILABLE EQUAL 0)
-    message(STATUS "Version: ${VERSION}")
-    add_compile_definitions(SILO_VERSION="${VERSION}")
-else ()
-    message(STATUS "No version.txt available for setting the version")
-endif()
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Includes
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------