This returns something like "v12_dev0-1332-g333a27c". This is much more
useful than the individual library versions, of which there are too
many, and which are very hard to map back to releases or git commits.
---
Don't forget the version bump.
---
doc/APIchanges | 3 +++
libavutil/avutil.h | 7 +++++++
libavutil/utils.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/APIchanges b/doc/APIchanges
index 5d39ec6..e309834 100644
--- a/doc/APIchanges
+++ b/doc/APIchanges
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ libavutil: 2014-08-09
API changes, most recent first:
+2015-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavu 56.xx.0
+ Add avutil_version_info().
+
2015-xx-xx - xxxxxxx - lavc 56.23.0
Add av_vda_default_init2.
diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index f056415..126f047 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@
unsigned avutil_version(void);
/**
+ * Return an informative version string. This usually the actual release
version
+ * number and a git hash. This string has no fixed format and can change any
+ * time. It should never be parsed by code.
+ */
+const char *avutil_version_info(void);
+
+/**
* Return the libavutil build-time configuration.
*/
const char *avutil_configuration(void);
diff --git a/libavutil/utils.c b/libavutil/utils.c
index c8c161d..1b5acd5 100644
--- a/libavutil/utils.c
+++ b/libavutil/utils.c
@@ -18,12 +18,18 @@
#include "config.h"
#include "avutil.h"
+#include "../version.h"
/**
* @file
* various utility functions
*/
+const char *avutil_version_info(void)
+{
+ return LIBAV_VERSION;
+}
+
unsigned avutil_version(void)
{
return LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT;
--
2.1.4
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