Django 3 Web Development Cookbook - Fourth Edition

How to do it...

The procedure to put the Git timestamp in the STATIC_URL setting consists of the following two steps:

1. If you haven't done so yet, create the myproject.apps.core app in your Django project. You should also create a versioning.py file there:

# versioning.pyimport subprocessfrom datetime import datetimedef get_git_changeset_timestamp(absolute_path):    repo_dir = absolute_path    git_log = subprocess.Popen(        "git log --pretty=format:%ct --quiet -1 HEAD",        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,        shell=True,        cwd=repo_dir,        universal_newlines=True,    )    timestamp = git_log.communicate()[0]    try:        timestamp = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(int(timestamp))    except ValueError:        # Fallback to current timestamp        return datetime.now().strftime(