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Efficiently Embedding Git Information in C Projects
- 01 October 2024
In software development, embedding Git metadata (like commit IDs, branches, and tags) into your binaries is useful for debugging and traceability. However, how you integrate this information can significantly impact your build times and workflow efficiency. This post explores the challenges of embedding Git information in C projects using CMake and proposes an optimized solution.
In the first project, Git information is passed directly as compiler command-line arguments using add_compile_options in CMake: