From b498916c5ae2050d3b69050bf5b83753bc9dd506 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dilawar Singh <dilawars@ncbs.res.in>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:12:28 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] VERSION string is fixed to today's date if not given.

---
 moose-core/CMakeLists.txt | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 390904c5..7e4a21d1 100644
--- a/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/moose-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ if( (NOT MOOSE_VERSION) AND GIT_EXEC)
     file(WRITE ${VERSION_FILE} ${MOOSE_VERSION})
 elseif( (NOT MOOSE_VERSION) AND (NOT GIT_EXEC) )
     message(STATUS "+ Reading ${VERSION_FILE}" )
-    file(READ ${VERSION_FILE} GIT_VERSION_OUTPUT )
+    if(EXISTS ${VERSION_FILE} )
+        file(READ ${VERSION_FILE} MOOSE_VERSION )
+    else()
+        string(TIMESTAMP MOOSE_VERSION "nightly-%Y%m%d" )
+        set(GIT_VERSION_OUTPUT "nightly" )
+    endif( )
 elseif(MOOSE_VERSION)
     message(STATUS "+ Using user specified VERSION = ${MOOSE_VERSION}" )
     file(WRITE ${VERSION_FILE} ${MOOSE_VERSION})
-- 
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