diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index 03f7436e..58beaeed 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ function allRequests(req, res, next) {
return next();
}
+// Information to populate the About section in UI, either from npm or from git
+try {
+ var gitCommit = require("child_process")
+ .execSync("git rev-parse --short HEAD") // Returns hash of current commit
+ .toString()
+ .trim();
+} catch (e) {
+ // Not a git repository or git is not installed: treat it as npm release
+}
+
function index(req, res, next) {
if (req.url.split("?")[0] !== "/") {
return next();
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ function index(req, res, next) {
pkg,
Helper.config
);
+ data.gitCommit = gitCommit;
var template = _.template(file);
res.setHeader("Content-Security-Policy", "default-src *; style-src * 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self'; child-src 'none'; object-src 'none'; form-action 'none'; referrer no-referrer;");
res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/html");