Create a needed obsolete-variable alias. Fix up some docstrings.
[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / version.el
1 ;;; version.el --- record version number of Emacs
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1992, 1994-1995, 1999-2014 Free Software
4 ;; Foundation, Inc.
5
6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
7 ;; Keywords: internal
8 ;; Package: emacs
9
10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
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16
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21
22 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
23 ;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
24
25 ;;; Commentary:
26
27 ;;; Code:
28
29 (defconst emacs-major-version
30 (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+" emacs-version)
31 (string-to-number (match-string 0 emacs-version)))
32 "Major version number of this version of Emacs.
33 This variable first existed in version 19.23.")
34
35 (defconst emacs-minor-version
36 (progn (string-match "^[0-9]+\\.\\([0-9]+\\)" emacs-version)
37 (string-to-number (match-string 1 emacs-version)))
38 "Minor version number of this version of Emacs.
39 This variable first existed in version 19.23.")
40
41 (defconst emacs-build-time (current-time)
42 "Time at which Emacs was dumped out.")
43
44 (defconst emacs-build-system (system-name)
45 "Name of the system on which Emacs was built.")
46
47 (defvar motif-version-string)
48 (defvar gtk-version-string)
49 (defvar ns-version-string)
50
51 (defun emacs-version (&optional here)
52 "Return string describing the version of Emacs that is running.
53 If optional argument HERE is non-nil, insert string at point.
54 Don't use this function in programs to choose actions according
55 to the system configuration; look at `system-configuration' instead."
56 (interactive "P")
57 (let ((version-string
58 (format (if (not (called-interactively-p 'interactive))
59 "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s)\n of %s on %s"
60 "GNU Emacs %s (%s%s%s) of %s on %s")
61 emacs-version
62 system-configuration
63 (cond ((featurep 'motif)
64 (concat ", " (substring motif-version-string 4)))
65 ((featurep 'gtk)
66 (concat ", GTK+ Version " gtk-version-string))
67 ((featurep 'x-toolkit) ", X toolkit")
68 ((featurep 'ns)
69 (format ", NS %s" ns-version-string))
70 (t ""))
71 (if (and (boundp 'x-toolkit-scroll-bars)
72 (memq x-toolkit-scroll-bars '(xaw xaw3d)))
73 (format ", %s scroll bars"
74 (capitalize (symbol-name x-toolkit-scroll-bars)))
75 "")
76 (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d" emacs-build-time)
77 emacs-build-system)))
78 (if here
79 (insert version-string)
80 (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
81 (message "%s" version-string)
82 version-string))))
83
84 ;; We hope that this alias is easier for people to find.
85 (defalias 'version 'emacs-version)
86
87 ;; Set during dumping, this is a defvar so that it can be setq'd.
88 (defvar emacs-repository-version nil
89 "String giving the repository revision from which this Emacs was built.
90 Value is nil if Emacs was not built from a repository checkout,
91 or if we could not determine the revision.")
92
93 (define-obsolete-variable-alias 'emacs-bzr-version
94 'emacs-repository-version "24.4")
95
96 (defun emacs-bzr-version-dirstate (dir)
97 "Try to return as a string the bzr revision ID of directory DIR.
98 This uses the dirstate file's parent revision entry.
99 Returns nil if unable to find this information."
100 (let ((file (expand-file-name ".bzr/checkout/dirstate" dir)))
101 (when (file-readable-p file)
102 (with-temp-buffer
103 (insert-file-contents file)
104 (and (looking-at "#bazaar dirstate flat format 3")
105 (forward-line 3)
106 (looking-at "[0-9]+\0\\([^\0\n]+\\)\0")
107 (match-string 1))))))
108
109 (defun emacs-bzr-version-bzr (_dir)
110 "Ask bzr itself for the version information for directory DIR."
111 ;; Comments on `bzr version-info':
112 ;; i) Unknown files also cause clean != 1.
113 ;; ii) It can be slow, contacting the upstream repo to get the
114 ;; branch nick if one is not set locally, even with a custom
115 ;; template that is not asking for the nick (as used here). You'd
116 ;; think the latter part would be trivial to fix:
117 ;; https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/882541/comments/3
118 ;; https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/629150
119 ;; You can set the nick locally with `bzr nick ...', which speeds
120 ;; things up enormously. `bzr revno' does not have this issue, but
121 ;; has no way to print the revision_id AFAICS.
122 (message "Waiting for bzr...")
123 (with-temp-buffer
124 (if (zerop
125 (call-process "bzr" nil '(t nil) nil "version-info"
126 "--custom"
127 "--template={revno} {revision_id} (clean = {clean})"
128 "dir"))
129 (buffer-string))))
130
131 (defun emacs-repository-get-version (&optional dir external)
132 "Try to return as a string the repository revision of the Emacs sources.
133 The format of the returned string is dependent on the VCS in use.
134 Value is nil if the sources do not seem to be under version
135 control, or if we could not determine the revision. Note that
136 this reports on the current state of the sources, which may not
137 correspond to the running Emacs.
138
139 Optional argument DIR is a directory to use instead of
140 `source-directory'. Optional argument EXTERNAL non-nil means to
141 maybe ask the VCS itself, if the sources appear to be under
142 version control. If `force', always ask. the VCS. Otherwise
143 only ask the VCS if we cannot find any information ourselves."
144 (or dir (setq dir source-directory))
145 (when (file-directory-p (expand-file-name ".bzr/branch" dir))
146 (if (eq external 'force)
147 (emacs-bzr-version-bzr dir)
148 (let (file loc rev)
149 (cond ((file-readable-p
150 (setq file (expand-file-name ".bzr/branch/last-revision" dir)))
151 (with-temp-buffer
152 (insert-file-contents file)
153 (goto-char (point-max))
154 (if (looking-back "\n")
155 (delete-char -1))
156 (buffer-string)))
157 ;; OK, no last-revision. Is it a lightweight checkout?
158 ((file-readable-p
159 (setq file (expand-file-name ".bzr/branch/location" dir)))
160 (setq rev (emacs-bzr-version-dirstate dir))
161 ;; If the parent branch is local, try looking there for the rev.
162 ;; Note: there is no guarantee that the parent branch's rev
163 ;; corresponds to this branch. This branch could have
164 ;; been made with a specific -r revno argument, or the
165 ;; parent could have been updated since this branch was created.
166 ;; To try and detect this, we check the dirstate revids
167 ;; to see if they match.
168 (if (and (setq loc (with-temp-buffer
169 (insert-file-contents file)
170 (if (looking-at "file://\\(.*\\)")
171 (match-string 1))))
172 (equal rev (emacs-bzr-version-dirstate loc)))
173 (emacs-bzr-get-version loc)
174 ;; If parent does not match, the best we can do without
175 ;; calling external commands is to use the dirstate rev.
176 rev))
177 (external
178 (emacs-bzr-version-bzr dir)))))))
179
180 ;; We put version info into the executable in the form that `ident' uses.
181 (purecopy (concat "\n$Id: " (subst-char-in-string ?\n ?\s (emacs-version))
182 " $\n"))
183
184 ;;; version.el ends here