[AURORA-320] Use git-describe to determine version instead of .auroraversion file

• Type: Task
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Build, Continuous Integration
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kevin Sweeney
• Created: 15/Apr/14 20:56
• Updated: 17/Jan/15 21:44

Description

Based on the mailing-list discussion here [1] we should update gradle and pants configuration to use git-describe for version metadata instead of .auroraversion.

[1] https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-aurora-dev/201404.mbox/%3CCAGezO6HcWc%3D-EsULFrZ_QS%2BcX4y_bpYz-t85AN2WrbQr%2B6-CgA%40mail.gmail.com%3E