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tag_software_version.py

+#! /usr/bin/python3
+
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+
+tag_str = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H.%M.%S_sdptr", time.gmtime())
+p1 = subprocess.Popen('git tag -a {} -m "production version"'.format(tag_str), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+print(p1.communicate()[0])
+
+p2 = subprocess.Popen('git describe --tags --always', stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+
+version = p2.communicate()[0].decode('utf-8')
+print(version)
+
+
+with open('config.h', 'r') as fd:
+    config_file = fd.read()
+
+ptr = config_file.find('#define VERSION')
+ptr1 = config_file.find('"', ptr) + 1
+ptr2 = config_file.find('"', ptr1)
+
+old_version = config_file[ptr1:ptr2]
+config_file = config_file.replace(old_version, version.strip())
+
+with open('config.h', 'w') as fd:
+    fd.write(config_file)