On Fri, Feb 02, 2018 at 09:29:55AM -0700, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > Another option is to use "git describe", which can be made to give you: Alternatively use the date of the last commit like here https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/libsmithwaterman.git/tree/debian/get-orig-source Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de