How to display bazaar version number in a latex document?

The easiest way to accomplish this will be to use make or a similar build manager to generate your . Dvi files Your Makefile should include a new target called version-number : version-number: bzr revno > VERSION. Tex and your .

Dvi targets should depend on version-number : my-project. Dvi: my-project. Tex OTHER STUFF version-number In your .

Tex files, at an appropriate place (in the header/footer, title block, PDF metainfo, etc) you would include the version number stored in VERSION. Tex: input{VERSION} When you set this up you should bzr ignore VERSION. Tex so that it won't store its own version number, of course This is all based on a similar technique used for git in the Common Lisp Quick Reference project.

The easiest way to accomplish this will be to use make or a similar build manager to generate your . Dvi files. Your Makefile should include a new target called version-number: version-number: bzr revno > VERSION.

Tex and your . Dvi targets should depend on version-number: my-project. Dvi: my-project.

Tex OTHER STUFF version-number In your . Tex files, at an appropriate place (in the header/footer, title block, PDF metainfo, etc) you would include the version number stored in VERSION. Tex: \input{VERSION} When you set this up you should bzr ignore VERSION.

Tex so that it won't store its own version number, of course. This is all based on a similar technique used for git in the Common Lisp Quick Reference project.

Maybe the bazaar keywords plugin can help you.

I have used the latex VC package successfully with Bazaar. It works using an external script that is called during compilation by \write18. This may seem overkill but it provides a lot of functionality and works well.

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