[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1953: include git branch name in the --version[-and-path] output

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#1953: include git branch name in the --version[-and-path] output
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 Reporter:  daira               |          Owner:  daira
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |      Milestone:  soon
Component:  code                |        Version:  1.10a2
 Keywords:  versioning appname  |  Launchpad Bug:
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 The linear versioning of the Tahoe code makes it difficult to distinguish
 branches (such as the I2P branch or the cloud backend branch). In
 ticket:1939#comment:4 Zooko suggests to change the appname in the I2P
 branch, but that falls foul of #1159. It also depends on branch
 maintainers to remember to do the right thing, which is quite inconvenient
 given that the code needs to be patched to change the appname. If {{{tahoe
 --version[-and-path]}}} (and the version info on the Welcome page) showed
 the git branch name, that would be much better I think.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1953>
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