About dialog now displays only first 7 characters of last commit hash + hash is clickable + should be able to compile without git

.gitignore

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 /src/*.suo
 /src/bin
 /src/obj
-/src/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
 /src/Test/bin
 /src/Test/obj
-/src/UpdateAssemblyDescription/bin
+/src/UpdateAssemblyInfo/bin
-/src/UpdateAssemblyDescription/obj
+/src/UpdateAssemblyInfo/obj
+/src/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
 /SE*.zip
 /SubtitleEdit-*-setup.exe

src/Forms/About.Designer.cs

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
             this.pictureBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
             this.richTextBoxAbout1 = new System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox();
             this.buttonDonate = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash = new System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel();
             ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).BeginInit();
             this.SuspendLayout();
             // 
@@ -97,11 +98,24 @@
             this.buttonDonate.UseVisualStyleBackColor = false;
             this.buttonDonate.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonDonate_Click);
             // 
+            // linkLabelGitBuildHash
+            // 
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.AutoSize = true;
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(148, 15);
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.Name = "linkLabelGitBuildHash";
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(90, 20);
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.TabIndex = 43;
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.TabStop = true;
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.Text = "linkLabel1";
+            this.linkLabelGitBuildHash.LinkClicked += new System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventHandler(this.linkLabelGitBuildHash_LinkClicked);
+            // 
             // About
             // 
             this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
             this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
             this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(457, 372);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.linkLabelGitBuildHash);
             this.Controls.Add(this.buttonDonate);
             this.Controls.Add(this.okButton);
             this.Controls.Add(this.pictureBox1);
@@ -131,6 +145,7 @@
         private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox pictureBox1;
         private System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox richTextBoxAbout1;
         private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonDonate;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabel linkLabelGitBuildHash;
 
     }
 }

src/Forms/About.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
             string minorMinorVersion = string.Empty;
             if (versionInfo.Length >= 3 && versionInfo[2] != "0")
                 minorMinorVersion = "." + versionInfo[2];
-            labelProduct.Text = String.Format("{0} {1}.{2}{3}, build {4}", _languageGeneral.Title, versionInfo[0], versionInfo[1], minorMinorVersion, Utilities.AssemblyDescription.Substring(0, 10)); //versionInfo[3]);
+            labelProduct.Text = String.Format("{0} {1}.{2}{3}, build", _languageGeneral.Title, versionInfo[0], versionInfo[1], minorMinorVersion);
+            string buildHash = Utilities.AssemblyDescription;
+            linkLabelGitBuildHash.Left = labelProduct.Left + labelProduct.Width - 5;
+            if (buildHash != null && buildHash.Length > 6)
+                linkLabelGitBuildHash.Text = String.Format("{0}", Utilities.AssemblyDescription.Substring(0, 7));
             richTextBoxAbout1.Text = _language.AboutText1.TrimEnd() + Environment.NewLine +
                                      Environment.NewLine +
                                      _languageGeneral.TranslatedBy.Trim();
@@ -65,5 +69,10 @@ namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Forms
             Process.Start("http://www.nikse.dk/Donate");
         }
 
+        private void linkLabelGitBuildHash_LinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            Process.Start("https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/subtitleedit/commit/" + Utilities.AssemblyDescription);
+        }
+
     }
 }

src/Forms/About.resx

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   <data name="pictureBox1.Image" type="System.Drawing.Bitmap, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
     <value>
         iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAABACAYAAACqaXHeAAAABGdBTUEAAK/INwWK6QAAAAlwSFlzAAAO
-        vgAADr4B6kKxwAAAABl0RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAUGFpbnQuTkVUIHYzLjUuNUmK/OAAAA72SURBVHhe7drr
+        vAAADrwBlbxySQAAABl0RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAUGFpbnQuTkVUIHYzLjUuNUmK/OAAAA72SURBVHhe7drr
         j1XVGQZw/xWjBi0aEFAwoGKhBQsGtKgY6TjiSAQJxYiiAQMGlIuoCJgiImJAU8MUtUBEWhuC2uIHq0ZM
         FK3VVFNrNWpSo3wwu/u3znnnrLPnzAUYak3YyZN9W3ut93ney1p7n3PKye3kdnI7ufW17d27t1izZk3C
         6tWr0/6BBx7ohvsfWJPQ6n7cq17vwv21fd5m7dq1aV/tL8ZgS9gTxxs3biy2bNlSHDhwoKibf/zbzp2/

src/UpdateAssemblyInfo/Program.cs

@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ namespace UpdateAssemblyInfo
                 try
                 {
                     DoUpdateAssembly("[GITHASH]", clrHash.Result, template, target);
-                    File.WriteAllText(errorFileName, "GIT TAGS: " + clrTags.Result);
-
                     DoUpdateAssembly("[REVNO]", clrTags.Result.Split('-')[1] , target, target);
                     return 0;
                 }
@@ -76,6 +74,16 @@ namespace UpdateAssemblyInfo
             }
             else
             {
+                try
+                {
+                    // allow for compile without git
+                    DoUpdateAssembly("[GITHASH]", string.Empty, template, target);
+                    DoUpdateAssembly("[REVNO]", "0", template, target);
+                }
+                catch
+                { 
+                }
+
                 Console.WriteLine("Error running Git");
                 Console.WriteLine(" - git folder: " + workingFolder);
                 Console.WriteLine(" - template: " + template);