This is pretty much the same technique I've used to embed build information in the app settings bundle.
-Daniel > On Apr 29, 2015, at 6:04 AM, Damian Carrillo <damiancarri...@me.com> wrote: > > I have exposed build-time information to an application in the past. The > approach I chose leveraged a Run Script build phase that overwrote the > contents of a plist or a header file (I’ve used both). I created the initial > file and added it to git. Then, I ended up assuming that changes to the plist > or header file were negligible from the perspective of source control with: > > git update-index --assume-unchanged > >> On Apr 29, 2015, at 6:39 AM, Torsten Curdt <tcu...@vafer.org> wrote: >> >> I would like to embed the timestamp of the build into my executable. >> >> I know there is __DATE__ and __TIME__ but converting those into a timestamp >> at runtime isn't ideal. >> >> So I guess I somehow need to make the output of date +%s available to the >> preprocessor. But user defines allow only static values aren't they? >> >> I am not aware that a run script phase can export anything but files. >> >> How would you do this? >> >> Hope this is not too OT as this is more Xcode/build tools related. >> Happy to ask elsewhere if it is. >> >> cheers, >> Torsten >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/damiancarrillo%40me.com >> >> This email sent to damiancarri...@me.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/daniel%40blackpixel.com > > This email sent to dan...@blackpixel.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
