Use git describe --long for version numbers.

CKAN/CKAN/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 // The assembly version has the format "{Major}.{Minor}.{Build}.{Revision}".
 // The form "{Major}.{Minor}.*" will automatically update the build and revision,
 // and "{Major}.{Minor}.{Build}.*" will update just the revision.
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion ("0.0.1.*")]
+
+// We don't use AssemblyVersions, since the build system adds them for us,
+// based upon git tags and commit numbers.
+//[assembly: AssemblyVersion ("0.0.1.*")]
+
 // The following attributes are used to specify the signing key for the assembly, 
 // if desired. See the Mono documentation for more information about signing.
 //[assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]

bin/build

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ my $OUTNAME = "ckan.exe";   # Or just `ckan` if we want to be unixy
 my $BUILD   = "$Bin/../build";
 my $SOURCE  = "$Bin/../CKAN";
 my @CP      = qw(cp -r --reflink=auto --sparse=always);
-my $VERSION = capturex(qw(git rev-parse --short HEAD));
+my $VERSION = capturex(qw(git describe --long));
 my $ASSEMBLY_INFO = File::Spec->catdir($BUILD,"CKAN/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs");
 
 # Remove newline