init script & fix the version info thing

yeah so turns out $Id$ is not what it seems

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/misc/get_version.php b/misc/get_version.php
index 8d48b4a..e9c255a 100644
--- a/misc/get_version.php
+++ b/misc/get_version.php
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 <?php
-// because of the values in .gitattributes, these should get modified according
-// to the current commit (on any checkout) and/or ref (in archive exports)
-// don't touch these yourself even if they look wrong!
-const __GIT_ID_INFO__ = '$Id$';
-const __GIT_REF_INFO__ = '$Format:%D$';
+const __VERSION_FILE = __DIR__ . '/../VERSION';
 
 /**
  * Gets a version identifier for the currently checked out version of the software
  * @return string
  */
 function get_version(): string {
-    if (str_contains(__GIT_REF_INFO__, 'tag: ')) {
-        return explode(',', explode('tag: ', __GIT_REF_INFO__, 2)[1], 2)[0];
-    }
-    // have to do this janky string thing to stop git replacing this one as well :3
-    if (__GIT_ID_INFO__ != '$' . 'Id$') {
-        return 'git ' . substr(__GIT_ID_INFO__, 5, 10);
+    if (is_readable(__VERSION_FILE)) {
+        return trim(file_get_contents(__VERSION_FILE));
     }
     return 'unknown';
 }
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