function drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version

8.0.x drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version($project_dir, $branch)
6.x drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version($project_dir, $branch)
7.x drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version($project_dir, $branch)
5.x drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version($project_dir, $branch)
master drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version($project_dir, $branch)

Helper function to compute the rebulid version string for a project.

This does some magic in Git to find the latest release tag along the branch we're packaging from, count the number of commits since then, and use that to construct this fancy alternate version string which is useful for the version-specific dependency support in Drupal 7 and higher.

NOTE: A similar function lives in git_deploy and in the packaging script (see DrupalorgProjectPackageRelease.class.php inside drupalorg/drupalorg_project/plugins/release_packager). Any changes to the actual logic in here should probably be reflected in the other places.


string $project_dir: The full path to the root directory of the project to operate on.

string $branch: The branch that we're using for -dev. This should only include the core version, the dash, and the branch's major version (eg. '7.x-2').

Return value

string The full 'rebuild version string' in the given Git checkout.

2 calls to drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version()
DrushMakeProject::processGitInfoFiles in commands/make/
Process info files when downloading things from git.
package_handler_post_download in commands/pm/package_handler/
Post download action.


commands/pm/package_handler/, line 237
Drush PM Git extension.


function drush_pm_git_drupalorg_compute_rebuild_version($project_dir, $branch) {
  $rebuild_version = '';
  $branch_preg = preg_quote($branch);

  if (drush_shell_cd_and_exec($project_dir, 'git describe --tags')) {
    $shell_output = drush_shell_exec_output();
    $last_tag = $shell_output[];
    // Make sure the tag starts as Drupal formatted (for eg.
    // 7.x-1.0-alpha1) and if we are on a proper branch (ie. not master)
    // then it's on that branch.
    if (preg_match('/^(?<drupalversion>' . $branch_preg . '\.\d+(?:-[^-]+)?)(?<gitextra>-(?<numberofcommits>\d+-)g[0-9a-f]{7})?$/', $last_tag, $matches)) {
      // If we found additional git metadata (in particular, number of commits)
      // then use that info to build the version string.
      if (isset($matches['gitextra'])) {
        $rebuild_version = $matches['drupalversion'] . '+' . $matches['numberofcommits'] . 'dev';
      // Otherwise, the branch tip is pointing to the same commit as the
      // last tag on the branch, in which case we use the prior tag and
      // add '+0-dev' to indicate we're still on a -dev branch.
      else {
        $rebuild_version = $last_tag . '+0-dev';
  return $rebuild_version;