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+/* Detailed project version that includes git commit when not built from a release.
+ * Use this in preference to PROJECT_VERSION, with the following exceptions:
+ * - where a simplified form is expected for compatiblity, for example
+ * 'udevadm version',
+ * - where a simplified machine-parsable form is more useful, for example
+ * pkgconfig files and version information written to binary files.
+ */
#define GIT_VERSION "@VCS_TAG@"