1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/ipc.c b/sway/ipc.c
index d278c0a0..44891005 100644
--- a/sway/ipc.c
+++ b/sway/ipc.c
@@ -225,14 +225,30 @@ void ipc_client_handle_command(struct ipc_client *client) {
         }
         case IPC_GET_VERSION:
         {
+#if defined SWAY_GIT_VERSION && defined SWAY_GIT_BRANCH && defined SWAY_VERSION_DATE
+                char *full_version = calloc(strlen(SWAY_GIT_VERSION) + strlen(SWAY_GIT_BRANCH) + strlen(SWAY_VERSION_DATE) + 20, 1);
+                strcat(full_version, SWAY_GIT_VERSION);
+                strcat(full_version, " (");
+                strcat(full_version, SWAY_VERSION_DATE);
+                strcat(full_version, ", branch \"");
+                strcat(full_version, SWAY_GIT_BRANCH);
+                strcat(full_version, "\")");
                 json_object *json = json_object_new_object();
-                json_object_object_add(json, "human_readable", json_object_new_string(SWAY_GIT_VERSION));
+                json_object_object_add(json, "human_readable", json_object_new_string(full_version));
+                // Todo once we actually release a version
                 json_object_object_add(json, "major", json_object_new_int(0));
                 json_object_object_add(json, "minor", json_object_new_int(0));
                 json_object_object_add(json, "patch", json_object_new_int(1));
+#else
+                json_object_object_add(json, "human_readable", json_object_new_string("version not found"));
+                json_object_object_add(json, "major", json_object_new_int(0));
+                json_object_object_add(json, "minor", json_object_new_int(0));
+                json_object_object_add(json, "patch", json_object_new_int(0));
+#endif
                 const char *json_string = json_object_to_json_string(json);
                 ipc_send_reply(client, json_string, (uint32_t) strlen(json_string));
                 json_object_put(json); // free
+                free(full_version);
                 break;
         }
         default: